One can never have enough scopes and toys, eh!
Here's the first part of a project: a tracking video platform.
Fellow IIS'er Barry Gerdes was kind enough to give me an old Meade LX5 mount on the proviso that "if it don't work don't send it back!"
Oh, well, I just had to make it work then,
and I did,
My intension here was to make myself a video platform. So with a little tinkering I came up with a simple but really effective one. The pics below show it configured for my 80mm refractor with a 50mm finder-come-guide-scope. The balance is just fine too. I'll look to fit my 114 f/4.4 scope shortly too to the platform (off cause without the other bits
).
Now to make a suitable wedge. I've got a heavy surveying tripod that I'm looking to mount this platform to. Hoping to get it done within two weeks as I've got a public viewing session mid March. I've got plenty of plywood for it, so a bit to do,
Mental.