OTA TUBES

- carbon fiber skins over a honeycomb core -

- vacuum bagged and gauranteed to have less than 40% resin (60%+ fiber) by weight of the carbon fiber -

tube size Outer Diameter	length	price	delivery	weight-lbs
8"	48"	$950	6-12 weeks	4.25
10"	48"	$1250	6-12 weeks	5.5
12"	48"	$1400	6-12 weeks	6.5
13.5"	48"	$1650	6-12 weeks	9
13.5"	58"	$1750	6-12 weeks	11.25
16.0"	48"	$1975	6-12 weeks	13
20"	58"	$2650	6-12 weeks	TBD
hybrid 20"	58"	$3250	6-12 weeks	23
24"	58"	$3895	6-12 weeks	TBD
30"	58"	$4750	6-12 weeks	TBD

Contact Dream for custom lengths and/or custom sizes not listed.

Delivery is dependant on Dream's current workload. Contact Dream to discuss.

SOLD...   ONE UNIT IN STOCK Carbon Fiber/Sandwich Cored tube for 8" optic.   10" OD x 9.25" ID, 59-3/8" long, 7.2 lbs.

- all tubes have a slightly textured (weave pattern) exterior surface with finely rough interior -

- contact Dream for custom paint schemes -

- all weights are based on previous tubes made or best approximations -

Click here to read comments from a 12" OD carbon fiber tube customer. Their image of M104 was published in the September 2007 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine, p. 92.

Click here to read a note received from an international client who received their 16" OD carbon fiber tube 12/12/06.

Click here to see photos and comments by a 12" OD tube customer.

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