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Originally Posted by Satchmo
Its great to see a Samsom mount still functioning out there. I saw over a hundred sold whilst I was working at Astro Optical Supplies from 1985 to 1988 . I didn't appreciate at the time what a great feat this was: an Australian made production Equatorial mount that had a capacity that most of the popular Chinese mounts wouldn't even remotely be capable of.
The new owner of AOS in the 90's scrapped the mount and optical manufacturing in favor of pushing imported cardboard boxes out the door , and a most special era in Australian manufacturing and amateur astronomical history of 30 years was over.
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Hello Mark,
Thought I knew that name, the penny just dropped. Do You still keep in touch with Peter? You remember Peter your helper pushing glass.
Regarding the Samson Mount. There are still lots of them in use around the country. The last lot I made was back in 1996. And thanks for the kind words. Many hours I spend trying to design and make something to a budget. But, even if I say so myself, it was a good solid mount for that time. BTW, I was the AOS Melbourne bloke.
Alexander