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Cooke/Manent/Couder

Picture from 60's

Another picture from 60's showing eyepiece, faceplate, focuser, and camera 

Another picture from 60's top is camera and filar micrometer, bottom is mount 

Another pictures from 60's showing turret

Last picture from 60's showing filar micrometer mounted in place of eyepiece and focuser

New Byers on Cooke mount 

System I designed to move tangent arm 

Some of the pieces I made for mount 

Side view of new Byers on mount 

Another view of new Byers 

Scope completed, without Byers or bottom of pier or it would be too tall for my shop

Side view of completed scope without Byers or bottom of pier 

Original faceplate on top, bottom is faceplate I made utilizing the spare original focuser

Turning square brass blanks to make new faceplate to replace camera.

End of shaft where new Byers goes 

Faceplate end of tube 

Lens end of tubes 

Original focuser with 82MM tube, holding new 49MM drawtube I made 

Two new brass bolts I made to replace missing/bent 

Putting mount together 

New piece I designed and made to replace missing brake 

Slitting the new brake 

Test fit for the slot 

Side view of new brake 

Tapping holes for setscrews to hols 2 pieces of brass together to make brake 

Making brake 

Turning inside of brake to size 

Cutting off excess length on first piece for brake 

Squaring up first piece for brake 

Fitting 2 pieces together to make brake. I could not find the right size brass fie ID and OD so I had to make 2 pieces and screw them together. 

Measuring wall thickness 

2 pieces turned to size for brake 

2 pieces to start making brake 

This gear on top of this piece moves a pin that pushes the split ring to brake

Putting in the bolts I made 

Truing up shaft 

Tangent arm 

Circle with gear 

Lens made by Andre Couder especially for Julien Peridier