Rolf,
this looks great.
I only have a concern about how you fixed the doveplate to the central brace of your construction.. same as James.
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Originally Posted by Moon
Just a thought - would your mount be able to work ok if you rotated the dovetail by 90 degrees? It might be more secure that way.
James
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I would use additional bars or plates, fixed to the trusses, or my central brace would have to be longer (wider).
I will have the similar issue with my own mount (EQ6 and fiberglass tube - the whole OTA weights 13 kg) and I intend to machine the conical insert (the one that is held in place by 3 grab screws on the EQ6 mount) out of steel - because this is the place where the components of the mount are stressed the most - possibly resulting in variable flexures, that may be the problem with autoguiding (depending on how the guiding scope is mounted, of course).
The balance I intend to adjust by existing additional counter-weight, sliding along the tube of my OTA.