Here is a image of a toolbox liner from Harbor Freight. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=66948 which is on State St. and near 3900 South I believe in SLC. Patrick would that liner work? One could use the tool box liner to make a mod for carry a large tube, something like Scope-Totes. Go to Harbor Freight and buy a couple of padded nylon tool belts (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93887)and some of the non-slip liner for putting into tool drawers( http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=66948). Get some nylon webbing and stitched in a hand hold in each belt. I cut some of the non-slip liner to match the width of the belts. The belts fit snugly around the tube and the non-slip stuff kept them in place. The web hand holds allow me to grab the scope in a couple of places on either side of the dob base and I don't have to reach out the full length of the tube to carry it. On a side note, if someone is looking to make some handles to carry a large tube or dob On 2009-12-02 00:17, Joe Bauman wrote:
Thanks Patrick, I'm so discouraged I've packed it in until Spring. Hey, can you let us see 'em when you've accumulated a week or so worth of nova photos? Sounds like blog fodder! Thanks, Joe
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From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@???> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Nova in this evening's sky (Pictures) To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@???> Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 2:17 PM
On 01 Dec 2009, at 10:23, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Patrick, I had the same awful problem last night -- frost! Today I'm buying a little hair dryer. Also, anyone have any suggestions about what to use for a dew shield? I bought something earlier but it's too rubbery to maintain a shape. Thanks, Joe
There's always the store-bought plastic, electrically heated dew caps.
But being the cheap skate I am I made my own out of the dark colored foam material mechanics use to line the bottoms of tool box shelves. It comes in rolls. Cut to the appropriate length and sew the ends together to form a tube. The fact it's foam keeps the weight down and also seems to help with insulation.
I think I got mine at the downtown Sears (memory's fuzzy after all these years).
Good luck,
patrick