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Old 09-07-2006, 12:48 AM
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The more mass that is in the base, the less the weight at the focuser will matter. Design it so that you can add/remove additional "balance" weights if needed, or make the sphere itself heavier to maintain even weight distribution at that end. Metal sphere for instance??
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