Wanted - Filter Holder for DSI

[Radar]

Hi,

I'm looking for another filter holder for my DSI. If anyone has a spare one lying around let me know.

Cheers

Ray

[hpcoolahan]

ill keep my eyes open for you mate,

Pat

[A.S.I.G.N_Baz]

Whats it look like, whats it made of, whats it worth and can I make one for you?

Baz.:crazy:

[beren]

Ray would you be better off with a filter wheel, a manual one like Orion makes, least then your filters are enclosed and not exposed as much to dew and dust

[Radar]

Thanks guys.


Whats it look like, whats it made of, whats it worth and can I make one for you?

Baz.:crazy:

Hi Baz, the filter holder looks like this.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21S1WQ6WM9L._AA200_.jpg

Probably too fiddly to make one from scratch I imagine, because it uses tiny ball bearings to move with.


Ray would you be better off with a filter wheel, a manual one like Orion makes, least then your filters are enclosed and not exposed as much to dew and dust

G'day Stu,

Reason I want another DSI filter selector is because it's quite fiddly taking out the RGB filters for the narrow band filters. I figured things would be easier if I could just change over the actual slider. A filter wheel is definately something I'll look at in the future. In fact, I could just get a filter wheel and use that for an alternative filter holder. Hmm, now you got me thinking.:smile:

Ray

[A.S.I.G.N_Baz]

Yeahh....you're right...maybe in a year or two when I get my mill and lathe :woot:

Ah well, if there's anything else I can make for you......:itsme!:

[beren]

Ray heres some options from My astro shop http://www.myastroshop.com.au/products/filter-select.asp ....the filter wheel listed there is cheap, theres an Orion one which is double the cost listed on the bintel site.

Also Scopetstuff has some handy adapters plus a shutter system for when you do your darks

http://www.scopestuff.com/ss_dsif.htm

http://www.scopestuff.com/ss_dsib.htm

[hpcoolahan]

Yeah Ray i bought one from bintel, they are the same as the ATIC brand filter wheel , just has ORION stamped on it. But its cheeper.
Has holes for 5 filters.
Quality is great.

By the way you need to get one with 4 holes minimum, so you can have ALL FOUR meade filters in the same plane, so the image scale is the same, and get the SCOPESTUFF low profile adapter that u can fit another IR filter into.

Cheers Pat.