Jaegers 6" f/10 "GJD" OTA Construction - Main Tube (prepping for a guide scope - 2)

 

Prepping for Guide Scope Bar - 2 (Click to see an enlarged image.)

 

This is a top view showing the placement of the dovetail bar (also utilized as a template) that will be used in the attachment of the guide scope to the "GJD". The main tube of the 4" f/8.6 Jaegers refractor painted by Gary Barabino in Sail Blue sits off to the side at the top of this frame. The dovetail bar's end will be 5" from the end of the main tube of the Jaegers 6" f/10 "Gelinda J. Dawson" refractor's focuser end.

Now that the location of the Vixen style dovetail bar for the guide scope has been established, I will start work on the main tube of the "GJD" to epoxy nuts to the inside wall for attaching the dovetail bar to, as you will see in the pages following.