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Originally Posted by AlexN
That is an awesome home made tripod. I'm blown away by that.
Any chance you could send through some detailed pics of where the legs attach to the head.
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Thanks Alex,
I've attached a few old pics.
I'd built this for my fork mount, but adapted it for the MyT.
as the spread was too big, I just moved the flat connecting the legs to under the central piece instead of on top. that allowed me to reduce the spread to around 45deg and my OTA is clear of the legs on the MyT.
the legs are just Al channels and I use an M10 bolt and nyloc nut through each vertical ply section. its basically 2 x 18mm ply sandwiched for strength.
John needs to post some updated pics of his Obs.
it was really windy last night, but the scopes were protected inside the Obs and I was able to image.
Edit: added a recent pic of the tripod and ota
Cheers
Alistair