Extendable Telescope

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A Telescope I Built for My Daughter, Who Wanted It in Rainbow Colors, So I Printed Each Piece in a Different Hue. To Create This Custom Telescope, Follow These Steps: Print One of Each Part. I Used 0.2mm Layer Depth and Walls That Were 1mm Wide, Which On My Printer Was Two Walls Without Fill. You May Need to Flip the Eyepiece to Print It Without Support. You'll Also Need Two Pieces of Clear Perspex: One at 65mm Diameter and Another at 30mm Diameter. I'm Not Entirely Sure But This Telescope Might Actually Work with Some Magnifying Lenses, Which Is a Future Project to Investigate Further. To Assemble the Telescope: Place the 65mm Perspex at the End of the Scope, Stack Pieces 1 Through 6 on Top of Each Other, and Then Insert Them into the End Piece. Part 1 Should Fit Snugly Into Place and Can Be Secured with Glue (I Used Acetone). Once You're Sure Everything Is Aligned Correctly, You Can Glue It in Place. Next, Place the 30mm Perspex in the Eyepiece, Extend the Telescope, Give it a Bit of a Twist to Prevent Collapse, and Then Secure the Eyepiece to the End of Piece 6 with More Acetone.