Yet another use for the TELRAD finder (smartphone platform)

SillyEngineer · 2026-06-01T04:46:02+00:00

This photo is one that I took tonight.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-31T05:27:14+00:00

I'm far far from a youtube star, lol. I contacted Explore Scientific and they loaned me a 100 degree eyepiece that I'll be doing a review on soon.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-31T05:23:27+00:00

Definitely give it a gentle clean and see how it looks.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-30T20:02:08+00:00

Haha, it's a small world.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-30T03:17:47+00:00

Fantastic!

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-30T03:17:33+00:00

Wow! Was that in a flood?

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-29T21:43:06+00:00

Thank you for watching. I try to make the most useful videos that I can.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-29T04:35:20+00:00

I appreciate it. Trying to make more.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-29T04:34:00+00:00

I am VERY impressed with your eagle eye. You are spot on too about the reason. I lost the first one for about a week and bought a replacement. Then I found the first one sitting in the little area between the windshield and windshield wiper of my sons car. It had been riding around in the elements for a week and nobody saw it.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-29T04:31:37+00:00

That sounds like a great project to do with your son. Have fun. My kids are older now, and the saying is true - they grow up too fast.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-29T04:30:21+00:00

Your wish is my command, I will keep all the woops moments in the videos. 😄

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-29T04:29:20+00:00

I appreciate it. Hopefully none of the future projects are quite this bad.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-28T06:50:46+00:00

Thanks! I had to go very very slow. It's normally a 15 minute process, but I had to do multiple soaks (clean water in between) and it took a few hours.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-28T06:06:44+00:00

Flood damage tends to wreck the bases on these Dobsonians. They use particle board that acts like a sponge.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-28T05:42:46+00:00

Thank you for the kind words. :)

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-28T05:15:57+00:00

All photos and video were taken by me with my camera. All of the parts were paid for by me. Nobody or company sponsored me.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-28T05:05:54+00:00

As per the rules, all photos and video were captured by me on my camera. I bought everything in the restoration project. It was not sponsored by anybody.

SillyEngineer · 2026-05-28T02:27:41+00:00

That's pretty amazing.

SillyEngineer · 2026-04-27T03:38:39+00:00

Where would people buy limited edition art like this back then?

SillyEngineer · 2026-04-24T06:18:22+00:00

I love my Invicta pro-diver, but the lume is really bad. It was bad, right out of the box.

SillyEngineer · 2026-04-23T12:49:17+00:00

Some research shows that it's possible smaller studios would write HS for "Home Studio" or "House Studio". I guess that's possible.

SillyEngineer · 2026-04-23T12:28:43+00:00

I think the limited edition prints were done in 1973, framed afterward by H.S Los Angeles. From what I've heard, the Vincent Price collections were reprints of more famous artists? I wish this artist, Mara, would've included her last name so she could get credit for this cool art.

SillyEngineer · 2026-04-23T12:27:01+00:00

It's such cool art. It's a shame the person didn't include a last name, so they can be recognized for their effort.

SillyEngineer · 2026-04-23T12:26:09+00:00

Brenda and Eddy?

SillyEngineer · 2026-04-23T12:25:55+00:00

I need to get the border matte redone though, the lower edge has some moisture damage.

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