A thank you gift to a friend - personalizing a telescope
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- A friend gave me a ZWO ASI 1600mm Cool camera for Christmas. What an awesome surprise! I wanted to give them a thank you gift. Something personal. I absolutely love Maksutov telescopes. My friend loves dragons, samurai, and pretty much all things Japanese. Viola! This video is just a documentary of that journey. I tried painting it several times and all resulted in failure. That’s due to my lack of knowledge of painting on metal surfaces. Ultimately I decided on the gun metal look and pulled it off. I found an awesome company called Fast Decals. I was able to customize high quality vinyl decals and solve my paint problem. The scope was an ETX 125 Observer. I added the Wegat Optical adapter so it could make use of SCT attachments. Finding 148mm ID tube rings is impossible. I tried making some out of wood but that also humbled me. I’m really happy with the end result. I think it will be treasured. Thanks for taking the time to watch. Clear skies.
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Very impressive!
Thanks Chuck. I hope he likes it. Funny you mentioned before about my having a guide scope setup that looked like yours. The ST80 top mount. I bring it up because I now have a 1600 mono. Lol! Now if I can just aspire to image as good as you... nah lol that’s gonna take time. Looking forward to your next video. I appreciate you taking time to watch. Clear skies.
Garnett, spreading the goodness is the greatest reward, videos like this is genuine and few.
It’s for a great guy. I hope he likes it.
Amazing channel. Clear, concise instructional. With added personal tips from an obvious master of this art. No mumbo jumbo....just straight shooting. Thank you so much. You have already put me weeks (months?) ahead.
Thank you for the huge compliment. If I can but inspire one person then I am truly blessed. I realize my content is rough around the edges but I prioritize information and sharing it. Comments like yours are very encouraging. I do hope you stick to the wonderful hobby of touring our universe. Thanks again and clear skies.
Showing great love and passion! Very rewarding just to watch. Good work Garnett!
Hey thanks Ray. I appreciate you taking the time to watch. I really enjoyed your last video. Clear skies friend.
If only I could give this two thumbs up! Firstly what a fantastic artist you are Garnett. I thought the video was both brilliant and very touching! Did I mention the ETX looked utterly amazing at the end too! Well done for getting back on the horse after the disaster with the clear coat, I felt your pain with that but it was worth it in the end. I wonderfully touching DIY project.
Thanks and he loved it. The guy gave me an astro camera for Christmas. That was awesome. I wanted to do something personal. I love Maks. I was planning to replace my Apex with that initially. The ETX is a very sharp scope with the added benefit of additional focal length to the Apex. In life I try to give my best as thanks. I’m really happy with the final results. I made some internal improvements also but thought that would be boring to show. I only wish the wood tube rings I designed hadn’t split. They were pretty cool with wood burned dragons on them. The body diameter of the ETX is 148mm. Very difficult to find rings that fit. I probably should have drilled a dovetail to the tube. I believe he’s getting custom rings made. I appreciate you watching and your comments. Everything in life is a gift. Breathing is a gift. I only wish everyone could see it that way. There’s a lot of hatred in the world. Occasionally it’s important to show some example of appreciation. This community is awesome. It’s my escape from the politics of the world. That’s my driving passion. The connection with the universe. OPT has been getting my mount to me since September. Lol. I’ve had lots of time to be creative. To thank you for your kind words I can share some also. I love your channel. I think you have a very honest and scientific approach. You’re an asset to the community. It’s always a pleasure to watch your content. Never give up helping. It is through one another that people grow. It’s refreshing to have folks like you, Ray, Martin, etc. I think there’s unfortunately quite a few people who have sold their opinions to endorsements. That’s unfortunate and can be misleading. Your content is a gem in the midst of such commercialized nonsense. Thank you for visiting and supporting my efforts. I don’t particularly care for being flashy or sharpened to the edge. I just try to be useful and provide solutions to common problems. In the information age there’s no reason anyone should repeat others mistakes. I’ve found that if you examine life open minded you could even learn a lot from a child. It’s not hard to determine who is who. You’re work is brilliant. You’re efforts are wonderful. Best wishes. Clear skies.
@@GarnettLeary Lots of respect to you sir! This is one of the most profound and inspiring replies I've had the pleasure of reading! If our community ever needs a pep talk, your the man!
Lol! I’m not sure I’m good at that. I’ve been called Eugene from “Walking Dead”. I’ve also been told The boredom I inspired was comparable to having to mow grass. Ha ha. If we can help but one person it’s totally worth the effort and the occasional troll.
Hey there mate! - what a lovely video, and such a thoughtful gift too. My heart sank when the clearcoat reacted, man that must have stung, fortunately the end result still turned out great :-)
All the best,
Luke
Stunning - both versions. By my heart broke when you hit the first version with the clear coat.
Told you it wasn’t just you that screwed one of these up lol. The bad part is it was all guaranteed compatible. I’ll leave the paint to the painters. Should have took your advice from your video. You went to serious extremes in prep and I should have known better. Clear skies.
Amazing Video.. Nicely Designer The Telescope..Beautiful Art Work for Sure 👍🔭✨🌟 Clear Skies👍🔭
Thank you. Look forward to your next video.
This is beyond my skills! But a really good outcome, either way!
Thanks. I definitely need to study paint ha ha. I should have looked for a local powder coat booth. I think anyone can have fun with this. Just carefully study paint unlike me lol.
Wonderful! I liked the results !
Masterful work Sensei, thank you for sharing!
Wonderful story and effort.
Thank you, the guy is a saint. I wish I could do more.
Wow, you are a highly skilled individual. Well done Sir; well done.
Thanks Ken. It’s a shame the original drawing didn’t work out. I think it’s awesome in the end tho.
@@GarnettLeary The second one has color which causes it to pop. The 1st one was excellent. Your freehand skills are unreal especially the text.
I did a speed dragon drawing a while back. Do you think people would be interested in deep sky drawings?
@@GarnettLeary I think so. Especially concept art.
I’ll do more then. Thank you for the encouragement
Just gave my 70 year old neighbor his first telescope, a Orion st 80 and he is buying his own alt/az mount and is just thrilled with it.
Man that’s awesome! That’s the best feeling on Earth. Nice choice too. Anyone who doesn’t see the value in an ST-80 is blind. I wouldn’t ever part with mine.
WOW Garnett, that was awesome. I loved the sketch that you did, good that you have it on video... What do the characters mean?
Thanks. Rough translation is “Metallic Dragon”. The red ones are Shinobi and Star.
Real cool project nicely done. You'll start getting orders. If you do and take them you might look into a powder coating setup. I checked it out some years ago, but haven't tried it. Thanks for the video. Clear Skies.
Thanks for watching. Powder coat would definitely be my future go to. That’s excellent advice.
@@GarnettLeary Thanks
I watched your video telling us to Batch Process a set of subs before stacking. I'm trying Sequator and DSS. I did the batches with RAW Therapee and post using GIIMP.
EXIF is 300 mm f5.6 Tamron on a GH3 - ISO 1600 - 60 X 60 seconds for an hour of Orion.
The Sequator gives me a lot of color right at first that doesn't need much post processing and won't take much post without over exposure. DSS gives me a sort of gray image from the same batch of images with all the same EXIF settings. I can get color from DSS but it takes a lot of steps. I'll also experiment with lower ISO for Orion.
Do you have any other tips or videos on that subject? Thank you.
I will definitely elaborate on the subject. I plan to touch on that a lot. Waiting on the mount.
@@GarnettLeary I'm happy to hear that. I hope the mount arrives soon and working good.
Thank you. I’m kind of stuck on review atm considering my current situation but I plan to do a lot more edit focused videos. I’m getting a lot more feedback lately and I’m taking notes. I definitely want to make content centered around what folks are interested in.
that came out fantastic, awesome work 🔭👍
Thank you
This was awesome Garnett!❤️
Thank you.
Awesome work Garnett, My god you seriously good at drawing too, Awesome Dragon image, Are you doing the fork mount as well mate??
Hey Martin. No. I’m looking for tube rings for this scope. My friend has all kinds of quality mounts so it’s best to give it to them on a rail. They never experienced a Maksutov so it’s going to be awesome. You got the video out that I’m dying to see. Been waiting since yesterday ha ha.
@@GarnettLeary It's out but it's not the video you really wanted, the next one will be once weather plays ball, and I'm still waiting for that damn item to be in stock, We have a severe shortage of Astro gear available in the UK, You cannot get anything due to the lock down, everyone's been spending on too much stuff nowadays (Hence the clouds invasion too!!!)
I feel you. I’m without a mount (waiting on snail mail ) and guess what... crystal clear out. Go figure lol
Hey dude, great videos.
Could u give me a recommendation for a beginner telescope maybe up to £350 range.
Live in Scotland with a beautiful clear night sky very low light pollution from the town 👏🏼. would love to see some planets clearly.
At that price, and your location, I’d go for an 8” Skywatcher Dobsonian. Lots of aperture, easy to use, and fantastic for planetary detail. That’s my top choice.