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12-inch F6 Truss Dobsonian
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Supporting the Mirror
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The first truss dobsonians featured a hinged hatch on the bottom of the mirror box called a tailgate. This component supports the mirror cell, adds necessary ballast, and strengthens the mirror box. In modern truss-dobs the tailgate no longer swings open, but rather serves it's purpose in a fixed position.
For my telescope I sketched a traditional steel-frame tailgate and designed an upper cell plate to support the conical primary mirror.
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