Newtonian beginner telescope

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This is a printable telescope with very few parts that I'm making for my son as a Christmas gift. This is my first attempt to make a telescope, and I am really happy with the result. It works really well. And was easy to build and print. It has 2 different mounts, The telescope_mount is for a old tripod (seben EQ3) Second one is Vixen Style Dovetail. Update 16.11.2019 I added a new piece to the telescope. Now you can mount a raspberry pi camera directly on to the telescope instead of mirror end eyepiece. The new parts are: 1. Camera Focus 2. Topp_rpi 3. Rack 4. GT2 Timing Pulley 16 Tooth Bore 5mm (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32950478691.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4deq9xLw) 5. 5mm Aluminum rod that is at least 100mm long ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.telescope_mount 2.vixen_mount Hardware needed: 1- 114mm mirror with a secondary mirror 2- Focuser 3- M4-0.7 Threaded Heat Set Inserts 4- 400 x 14mm Carbon fiber rods 5- M4 screws 6- M4 nuts 7- Telescope eyepiece Printed parts: You need one of each piece, except the clips. You need 3 of them. Total cost, not incl PLA was $69, you can of course, make your own focuser and save $25 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Newtonian-Telescope-Accessories-D114F900-Reflection-of-The-Objective-Lens-Group-With-Secondary-Mirror-114900/32739119776.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/0-1mm-Focuser-High-Precision-Double-Helical-Focuser-for-Guider-Scope-Finder-Scope-Interface-Astronomy-Telescope/32797773316.html?spm=2114.search0204.0.0.11702f9ahmWkYC https://www.amazon.com/initeq-M4-0-7-Threaded-Inserts-Printing/dp/B075S1HD5J/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1544044218&sr=8-3&keywords=M4-0.7+Threaded+Heat+Set+Inserts You only need support for Telescope_mount All tips are greatly appreciated!