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Originally Posted by codemonkey
Thanks for that insight, Chris. I might be in luck then. I'm not sure what my rig weighs but it wouldn't be all that much... it's only an 8" newt. That said, it does have a Litecrawler focuser on it so it'd be on the heavier side of an 8" newt, but still... not like I'm throwing a 16" scope on it.
Fingers crossed I can balance it with just the weight it's coming with.
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Hi Lee,
The CW shaft weighs 5Kg and for my 8in F5 I only needed another 5kg weight to get balance.
Looking back I probably should have put two 5Kg weights on and moved them both closer to the mount and reduce the moment arm.
I have the 14inch on there now with six 5kg weights.
Bill