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That would be great to have a mount designed and manufactured in Oz but other areas of the hobby are struggling as it is. Mirror making, ATM supplies, Aluminizing services even commercial telescope supplies. There is just too much O/S competition. It is a losing battle IMHO. Even if crowd funding got it off the ground how many people would buy local and support a start up? I don't think there's a market big enough for it. Maybe if shipping costs become prohibitive then as a result domestic manufacturing would pick up but it's still a long way I reckon. But I'd love to see a lot of domestic businesses pick up. That'd be great. Bit of a dream though.
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