[Ajemsa (Andrew)]

I have a Meade Starfinder equatorial mount for sale. It was designed for 6/8/10 inch scopes. I have been using it with my 10" Newtonian until I purchased an EQ8 mount.

It comes with the Magellan II computer system, dual axis drive, AC adapter and a 10lb (4.3kg) weight.

It has been modified from original to improve performance with the following:

-Longer stainless steel declination axis (original was unprotected mild steel of sorts)
-Brass bushes on declination axis (original nylon(?) bushes were too sloppy)
-Redesigned tangent arm on declination axis with better clamping arrangement
-The last two gears in the RA drive are brass (instead of the original plastic)
-Plus a couple of other minor additions.

There are a few additional holes drilled in the cradle and in the RA drive box for some things I've been trying but these do not impact performance at all.

I'm asking $400. Pickup preferred - shipping will be additional (mount weighs about 23kg all up).

Thank you.