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Originally Posted by Stevo69
A Note About Weight:
Weight. Some may say this is too becoming too heavy for a secondary cage. Too much timber. It needs to be lightweight. While I fully understand this argument, I do not see this telescope traveling very far from home. In fact, I will probably remain assembled when not in use.
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It's a bit of a furphy - there is no issue with weight. Keeping the weight down means that the pivot on the rocker box can be a little lower, but so what. It's only a pain once the build is complete and to add something really heavy up top and have to counter ballance the base, and that takes five times as much weight as the stuff added to the top.
Chech out the photos of
http://www.sdmtelescopes.com.au/SDM018.html SDM018. This beauty has been made bottom heavy to accomodate some heavy scientific gear at the sharp end, and it is easier to keep perfectly ballanced this way.
Good to see your updates
