English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on December 13, 2025, 11:31:53
Title: This inexpensive 3D-printed DIY telescope fits in a jacket pocket
Post by: Redaktion on December 13, 2025, 11:31:53
Lucas Sifoni documents a pocket-sized, 3D-printed Dobsonian telescope built around a 76 mm mirror. The project details its compact mechanical design, materials, optical testing, and limits, showing it is small but genuinely functional.
Title: Re: This inexpensive 3D-printed DIY telescope fits in a jacket pocket
Post by: Not a reserved name on December 20, 2025, 18:05:13
I would love to have a go at making something like this but suspect the friction focus will have it's challenges. I printed a working 300 micron pitch screwthread in vase mode which might be worth exploring for a focus mechanism.