From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>

Date: November 14, 2005 2:24:08 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Unibrain adaptor


Jim:


very cool!  I tried to find some plumbing fixtures that would work without too much 

modification (I have the Aplux version of the fire-i, it even uses the Unibrain case), but it 

never occurred to me to look in the conduit section of Home Despot.  I epoxied a film can, 

with the bottom cut out, to the case.  Since the Fire-i case is "dished" on the outside, but 

not concentric with the ccd (a plot!) I epoxied a couple of flat pieces of plastic to the case 

to flatten the front out (scavenged from one of those bolt organizer drawers with plastic 

dividers), then epoxied the film can to that.  But the epoxy didn't stick well to the film can, 

and one day I set it down "hard" the epoxy gave way.  I taped it on for a while after that, 

but since I got the Flea camera, I don't use the Aplux anymore.


-Tim.


--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "jimchung2338" <jim_chung@s...> wrote:


Thanks to everyone for their insightful advice concerning my Mars 

imaging.  I'll try again with attention to red gain and see if more 

details arise, should be getting my JMI Motofocuser soon which will 

greatly aid in focusing - now I understand what the fuss is about with 

Feathertouch focusers and the like!


Included some images of using electrical conduit pieces as a Unibrain 

adaptor.  The pieces are I believe screwed into junction boxes to allow 

the straight conduit pipes to attach to the box.  Prices are dirt cheap 

and you need to enlarge the circular opening on the Unibrain (I scraped 

it several times with a penknife) and also sand down the diameter of 

the conduit just slightly.  


Like Milton I had originally hot glue gunned some plumbing pieces but 

one night imaging at about 3 Celsius the glue debonded and swearing 

could be heard following the falling pieces.



http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Other/unibrain1.jpg

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Other/unibrain2.jpg