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Originally Posted by dancingononeleg
Our club is building an observatory and will soon be setting up an EQ8. We are currently designing a pier for it using donated and "found" materials. One of the questions we have concerns the acceptable diameter of the top plate - the one that the EQ8 will attach to. The pier diameter will probably be 9" and the current design shows that the top plate will be the same, this is 2" greater than the standard tripod top plate diameter (7"). Will this extra inch restrict our ability to slew to the zenith or past the meridian?
Thanks
Michael
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Yes, but in all likelyhood, not enough to worry about. More of a problem if you are mounting an SCT rather than a newtonian/refractor, that latter would tend to strike the pier before the flange.
And if it is an issue, its nothing that an angle grinder can't sort out
