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Originally Posted by gregbradley
I got a pier made in Qld by I think it was Sirius or was it Pegasus Piers. They did a super job and it is superbly well made.
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I also have a Pegasus pier courtesy of Sirius Optics. I agree they're well made. I just had a look at it for both height and also placement of mounting holes for the PMX.
Height: My gut reaction was that it was a bit high but I've decided to run with it for now rather than lose money selling it and have another one built. I'm encouraged by what youy say about finding the height of yours worked well for you. I'm undecided which scope to put on this at the moment. I have a choice between an EdheHD 14", a plain C14 or a 10" F3.8 astrograph newt. I've also just bough an 11002-size chip camera and matching that to focal length etc is my next mission.
Top Plate: the existing holes in my Pegasus are 4 x 13mm unthreaded at 148mm centers whereas the base of the PMX seems to have it's bolts at 7.45" centres (189.23mm). So I am deciding whether to try to tap new holes in the top plate of the pier (not the adjustment plate) and do away with the adjustment plate altogether (levelling by smimming the base instead) or to have a new adjustment plate made with holes at 189.23mm for the mount but also using the existing 148mm holes in the top of the pier. What are you planning on doing Greg?
Peter