Scattered Thoughts . . .

I had to head back outdoors to lug the drill press back to the shed so I decided to test my new homemade solar finderscope while I was out there anyway.  I quickly assembled it in the kitchen...  I grabbed my camera...  and then I headed out to the sunlight... It works! Well, that is a relief!  It is always nice when something you design works as designed.  Now I can mount this finderscope on my little telescope when I use it for solar observing and imaging. When we get back home from our long cross-country journey, I'll do the finish painting on the outside of the finderscope.  Now I feel like I accomplished something!  

I was supposed to start sorting clothes, do some laundry, and do some ironing  this morning for our upcoming cross-country trip.  I was planning to get started on ironing and went searching for an over-the-door hanger so I had a place to hang the shirts I ironed...  I couldn't find it...  I got frustrated...  then I got sidetracked. During my search for the over-the-door hanger, my spinal injuries started hurting and I was getting worn out.  While searching, I noticed a piece of sheet metal in the back room and that was all it took for me to change gears and work on a different project.  So, instead of preparing for this trip, I pulled out that piece of sheet metal...  then dug out some tools... and I started working on a solar finder scope that I designed yesterday.  Yesterday, I had already made a crude form of a solar finder scope out of a short piece of PVC pipe and one coupler.  I cut each to various sizes so I could accurately piece everything together in a workable form