Frodo - a 10 inch travel Dobson

10 inch, f/4.8 newtonian

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optics
hogging out
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foucault tester
figuring
silvering

mechanics
mirror cell
wire spider
focuser
middle ring
rocker box

travel and assembly

performance

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travel and assembly

Here are a few pictures showing the assembly from the fully collapsed travel mode. Setting up and collimating the scope takes about 30 minutes. When I take the scope to a dark site for just one night I can leave it assembled and fit the two parts - roker box and OTA - easily into the trunk of my car. Then setup takes 10 seconds.