This is a closer look at Raniers adaptation of the Losmandy MA adapter plate on top of his pier extension.
http://rainerehlert.com/astro/pier03.jpg
Ranier mentioned to me that the gold color is due to the cadmium treatment which makes those plates 100% immune against rusting.
Her is a drawing of the extension.
http://rainerehlert.com/astro/extensi%f3n.jpg
I emailed Scott to see if we can get a drawing of the MA adapter, with the screw positions, so that a top plate cane me made to suit this. Ranier in his just atached it using the central bolt then Drilled holes around it to attach more bolts. finally he removed the central bolt. This makes the MA less prone to rotate around one single bolt. He also mentioned the new MA come with 3 extra holes around the centre to bolt to a top plate.
Regards
Fahim