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08-12-2014, 12:54 PM
33South
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WYSIWYG Telescope Piers
I'm still here, this is a heads up about two piers I hope to be putting in the for sale section when I get some photos in one or two weeks.
I shopped around for a long time for either a ready made or custom pier and found as most people do cost is not user friendly especially for one offs. Eventually I found a local fabrication company prepared to quote for a design that would meet my requirements.
Even after a couple of compromises this was still way outside my budget, however they said if I order three or more
it would half the price
, hence the 2 spares.
The main design can be seen from the attached drawings they are professionally made, laser cut and powder coated in black.
The 219 mm pipe has a wall thickness of 4.8 and is 950 mm high.
The three plates are all 320x10 mm and the fins 6 mm msp
The top plate (BB) has a 120 mm center cutout to allow for filling and mount adapters that need to be fixed from underneath eg G11 and EQ6 so they can be fixed without a rats nest. It also allows for a small amount of azimuth rotation just in case.
The adapter plate (AA) can either be bolted straight onto the top plate, or alternatively use a 4x M16 bolted rats nest arrangement for extra height etc. The plate is pre-drilled for the Losmandy Mount Adapter
You will need to supply a mount adapter and drill holes in the adapter plate to match.
Chris
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