3D printing does help a lot, you can probably scour the internet especially around printables and all but my biased opinion would be to get your hands dirty with wood as much as possible. You get to learn a lot!
So we have added a red dot finder to which we have adjusted our mirrors, identifying objects in the night sky is now wayyyy easier.
The next thing in the list would be to get solar filters and observe sun.
Definitely agreed. So we realised this later, we were initially of the opinion to operate it from our lab but later did we get the idea to have bag straps to atleast make it a little bit more portable. Right now, we have been able to carry the entire setup individually, definitely a cumbersome task but people around us have been helpful.
But as you rightly said to buy a scope as big as you can carry by yourself, this is something we would work on it in the near future.
Beautiful work done! Hopped on to the platform and looking forward to share my "Good or not so good" ideas given that the right person might find them helpful. Namaste from India; I would share it with my friends to jump here.
Looking forward to some amazing updates.
Happy New Year 2024 to you and your family and to everyone who's reading this.