Parametric Equatorial table or platform for Dobson telescope

This is an easy way to build a DIY equatorial table or platform. See it running on youtube: https://youtu.be/ka9uXJvbwiM

See the results on the Moon and Jupiter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6fJBA_TYC4


An equatorial table shall be adapted to the telescope you intend to use (size and mass) and to your location (latitude of observations).
This is the reason why one cannot find a ready to build plan of an equatorial table.
I decided to build mine to adapt a vintage SkyWatcher 1000x200 Newton telescope. Rather than doing a one shot design, I designed it to be fully parametric and customizable according to your needs. The design should work for latitudes between 30 and 55 degrees (at least), I'm located in South of France hence a default 43.5° latitude !

Parametrization is based upon an Openscad script that will do all the job to generate the Vertical (curved) North Segments.

You just enter few parameters into the script, run it to generate the VNS :
- latitude where you intend