Metal tripod mod?

[bokglob]

Hi all. Just wondering if anyone out there has modified a metal tripod from say Losmandy or Synta,to fit a Tak or Ap mount? Is this a practicle consideration:question:

[bmitchell82]

can be done but why? the synta one isn't that great, and the losmandy is similar to tak and ap for tripod strength

[Omaroo]

Like this?

[Tandum]

I got one of these flappy wheel things from bunnings and stripped the paint from inside the hole on the eq6 tripod and now the em200 head fits it :D It appears the skywatcher eq6 mount is very close to the em-200, even the counterweights are interchangable.

[bmitchell82]

Nice setup Chris, the losmandy semi pier mount is very nice i think, though i had the pleasure of seeing the collapsible HD tripod that they use for the titan and G11's... oooh that is one hell of a nice piece of work and chunkeeeee!

At the end of the day i guess it just comes down to how much money you have to throw at your hobby. If your running on a shoe string budget, then you gotta do what you gotta do!