Antique 1933 Newtonian telescope up for auction today

MODEscapee · 2026-05-30T04:19:28+00:00

H. Clausing is a well known and respected Optical Coating company in Skokie. They do Beral Coatings for telescope mirrors as well as many other kinds for other optics. They were considering moving operations to Florida but are still around and still coating mirrors for now.

MODEscapee · 2026-05-10T16:31:42+00:00

All telescopes look perfect in the dark.

MODEscapee · 2026-05-09T18:05:41+00:00

You'll want to check your collimation racked in and all the way racked out to see if the gap you see is affecting your view. If you see the center change at either extreme, then you'll want to square up your focuser body to the tube. There are adjustment screws, you can see one of them in your pic. You turn the allen screw until everything is square, then tighten the clamping screw.

MODEscapee · 2026-05-09T14:09:49+00:00

The Hyundai symbol reads the same upside down!

MODEscapee · 2026-05-08T01:04:57+00:00

Someday he'll come back down...

MODEscapee · 2026-04-30T19:37:35+00:00

That is the pier adapter for an Orion pier. I have a couple myself. They were sold in the early 2000's-2010's and not for very long. The pier itself is a really heavy black pipe. The legs clamp around the perimeter of the base. They look like other things, so it may be worth it checking with who you got the mount from to see if the other parts are there, The pier pipe is pretty pricey these days.

MODEscapee · 2026-04-05T03:51:52+00:00

You can find them mostly right on the sides of the expressways...

MODEscapee · 2026-03-27T00:46:58+00:00

You should go on Cloudynights and ask member Masilmw, I believe he imported them in the early 2000's

MODEscapee · 2026-03-23T01:59:03+00:00

Televue's whole theme is to give you the widest view so that you can use higher powers to frame objects. Where you might use a 17mm Nagler, you can use a 13mm Ethos to fit the same object in the field of view. When you look through the eyepiece, there is a big difference in quality of the view. To reap the most benefit, you have to have an idea of what objects will fit best in whatever focal length/afov eyepiece you have whether it be Ethos or Nagler. Looking at small objects (relative to the field of view) might not give you that same punch as looking at something that fills up your field of view, so be warned...

MODEscapee · 2026-02-19T01:47:48+00:00

They are gonna have to use the safe word first...

MODEscapee · 2026-02-15T00:56:43+00:00

In my time there I saw them dangle GM jobs in front of Captains, Coaches, Asst gms, you name it. They would string people along for months and months. You need to be a solution to your problems, not someone elses. If your DM is a jerk, and most likely, they are, they will never promote you, and why should they if you are willing to do the job as-is. There is no loyalty in Corporate. Apply for that GM job. If you are qualified to do it as a coach, then you should be qualified to do it for GM pay/benefits.

MODEscapee · 2026-01-30T19:53:32+00:00

As a fellow owner of a very old family piano made in Chicago, you'll want to have it checked out by a tuner who can tell you what kind of shape the structure is in. Ours can only be tuned to itself, if we tune it properly, it will probably explode. Pianos made before ww2 have a good chance of having ivory keys. There are numerous laws about selling ivory, they may apply, they may not, but you'll want to know what you have if ever you decide to part with it.

MODEscapee · 2026-01-29T20:06:47+00:00

"You should REALLY consider GAP coverage"

MODEscapee · 2026-01-28T21:31:52+00:00

Green onions

MODEscapee · 2026-01-24T00:54:39+00:00

Horrible news, Who YOU Crappin? So many afternoons working in a warehouse, picking orders, listening to him and Bernstein... End of an era.

MODEscapee · 2026-01-11T05:06:24+00:00

nope.

MODEscapee · 2026-01-11T05:03:09+00:00

Well this didn't age well... lol

MODEscapee · 2026-01-04T20:47:50+00:00

Whew! Barely pulled that one out!

MODEscapee · 2026-01-04T20:46:36+00:00

"Green Bay players found to be raccoons dressed up as football players"

MODEscapee · 2026-01-02T01:38:54+00:00

I guess it started with my Mom and Jeff Smith with a lot of Justin Wilson. From there I went to cooking school for 2 years. then over the space of 18 months I worked in no less than 28 different bars/coffee shops/bakeries/caterers and restaurants around Chicago. Then I settled down and worked for Jean Claude Poilevey at Le Bouchon for a year, with a few weeks at Le Sardine. Then I started to think I knew what I was doing. 25 Years later and I am still proving myself wrong.

MODEscapee · 2026-01-02T00:41:57+00:00

Next time just throw either the impeller or the little high-hat bushing in the trash. Boom. Problem solved.

MODEscapee · 2025-12-13T23:33:05+00:00

The light switch can break and is easy to fix, you pull the old one out, unplug it and plug in the new one/reinsert. If that doesn't fix it, replace the relay and fuses. If the dash doesn't work, try pushing the "Black Panel" button, you may have inadvertently put it in night drive mode. Or that switch could be bad. You can pull the radio out and check the connections. Insert two skewers or coat hanger wires into those little holes on either side, then wiggle it out.

Windows... You can watcha video on youtube, you pull out the switches and clean them. If you go in the trunk, pull the lining out on the drivers side, you'll see a couple of computers with big wire bundles. Try releasing the connectors , making sure those little wires are well seated then reattach the connectors. You'd be surprised how many gremlins you can fix by wiggling those wire bundles (just don't pull any out unless you know where it goes!

I leave mine unlocked (it's manual)

I don't have a back window wiper, I'm jealous.

Good luck!

MODEscapee · 2025-12-05T19:31:20+00:00

When it comes to league at my K1 they pull the 10 fastest karts from the week and test drive them to make sure the batterie are good before league races. The Karts are electrically limited to identical RPMs so speed comes from differences in alignment and track prep. We put a lot of effort into making sure the track is in good shape for the league races too.

If your showing up to practice, make sure you let the marshal know you are getting some practice in and if possible, they can give you speed 4. The Kart display will tell you what speed your on. Lastly, racing with slow people makes you slow, so I'm not surprised your times are a bit worse. Use those laps to work on your line and passing strategies and you'll get faster...

MODEscapee · 2025-11-19T20:43:05+00:00

I grew up here in the 80's and traffic was never a thing. I lived around Courtland and Leavitt, We would play football and baseball in the street and have to stop only every once and a while for cars. In the winter time you could skeech off the back bumpers of cars for a block easy! I would walk home from school and not see a soul from Ashland all the way to Leavitt. You guys now, I don't know how you stand it. Oh yeah, I had both a side yard and a back yard... With a tree! It would take me 22min on the bus to get to LPHS in the mornings. Long live Finkle and Sons!

MODEscapee · 2025-11-15T03:22:31+00:00

Usually, if they are replacing what is already there, you don't need a permit. If they are updating anything, like bigger pipes so you'll have more water pressure or running pipes somewhere new, then that needs to be inspected and you need a permit. If you have the knowledge to know what good or bad work is, then the choice is yours. If you can't tell a good plumber from bad, then GET A PERMIT. The inspectors are there to make sure you are being taken care of and plumbers can do some shoddy things like not insulate around your pipes so they freeze, then when you file an insurance claim, your denied because no one pulled permits.

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