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When I was over in Lismore yesterday, unfortunately most to the steel
suppliers closed for the year the day before, Doh'. But did managed to
locate one that was open. I got a 1m length of solid mild steel 25mm x
25mm. I had it cut to 250mm lengths. Each peice weigh in at 1.254 kgs,
which was quite fortunate as (according to my maths) I needed 2.5kgs
to counter weight the 8" truss dob (with my heaviest ep, 20mm t5).
The scope is nicely counter weighted now, although a lil bottom heavy
with the 59gm U/O HD Orthos near the zenith. But perfect with the XW's
and 20mm t5 which start around the 390+gms
Just need a night of clear skies and NO moon would be nice to give it
a good test. I've only managed to see one measily star so far
regards,CS
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