Oh thanks, CD! :) Glad you like it. I update it pretty regularly (every week/every two weeks), so there's always something fun, and new, to see!!...
They were not a rich family (Damn Japanese occupation will do that to a family's fortunes), so something like a family snapshot, done...
Thanks. I'm very glad to have it!!
Not exactly an 'antique' as such, but it's from around 1950. This is an old family photograph of my grandmother's generation. [IMG] Granny is...
After two weeks of EXTENSIVE cleaning, the telescope is finally functioning...almost...as good as new. There's still a slight bit of tightness in...
Sorry. Where did I pick *what* up?
Chinese foot-binding was actually outlawed in the 1910s, I believe, when the new Chinese Republic was established and the fall of the Qing Dynasty...
Thanks for the birthday wishes, everybody! I'm burning off the calories from dinner last night by cleaning my birthday present! This thing is...
I've looked up a number of antique telescopes online, from the same era, and of the same size and style. The barrels are either clad in leather,...
I know absolutely nothing about wood, beyond the fact that it makes pretty fires. So...eh.
All restored and cleaned to working condition (or as close to that as I can get it): [IMG] Does anybody recognise what type of wood it is?
After MUCH cleaning, oiling, cleaning, re-oiling, cleaning, polishing, cleaning, more polishing, cleaning, oiling, cleaning and more cleaning......
You're torturing me, you know that, don't you!?
If anyone here actually KNOWS anything about telescopes, could someone answer me this... Would my big telescope qualify as a Day-Night...
Just to show you how HUGE this damn thing is!! [IMG] The one at the front is 16 inches! The BIG one at the back is 39 inches!!
Hi D.F. A few people suggested a similar method. I tried it with masking tape and it seems to have done the trick! Thank goodness!
Well I would like to use it if I can, so I would like to fix it permanently. And at any rate - the glue repair wouldn't be visible, and the...
Nothing that I saw, no. I've tried it all - cleaning, lubrication...the thread still doesn't hold. It still pulls right out. I suppose gluing it...
Hi AF. I have heard of it, yeah. I'll look into it! Thanks for the suggestion. I have cleaned the draw tubes EXTENSIVELY with sewing machine...
It's my birthday this week (yay...) and to celebrate, I splurged on a BIG ASS telescope! :o It's solid brass, and clad in wood. It's approx 12...
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