Tired of SCT tube currents, then get rid of the tube

I saw this during the week, for those who are brave and feel like getting out the hacksaw and other metal working tools, then this is one for you.
This guy dismantled his C6 and made a truss structure for it, great if it works and is rigid enough, although I dont fancy getting dew on my mirrors.

www.tbrumm.de/images/astro/UmbauC6/draussen1.jpg


Its in german, but I think you'll get the idea.
www.tbrumm.de/c6.htm

I saw this during the week, for those who are brave and feel like getting out the hacksaw and other metal working tools, then this is one for you.This guy dismantled his C6 and made a truss structure for it, great if it works and is rigid enough, although I dont fancy getting dew on my mirrors.Its in german, but I think you'll get the idea.
www.tbrumm.de/c6.htm

Brave guy! Don't think I'll be trying that with my NexStar 8 GPS.
You can obtain a reasonably good translation by going to babelfish.altavista.digital.com/tr , inputting www.tbrumm.de/c6.htm into the "Translate a Web page" box and selecting German to English.

Brave lad, especially with the pier and mount too, think i'll stick with my old C8 intact for now

Keith..

Its in german, but I think you'll get the idea.
www.tbrumm.de/c6.htm

Google Translation: tinyurl.com/ncpr4 Makes a little more sence to me than the German.

Looks nice but I cant see myself taking the hacksaw to my fella anytime soon!! Interesting though, I've bben considering a short newt and a decent coma corrector. The way the guy arranges his trusses is exactly what I had in mind

Can someone explain to me WHY anyone would want to do that? What advantages has a trus mount on something so small over the tube it was shipped in?

I'm rather confused as to why anyone would risk their optics like this.

Bart.