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Old 18-11-2019, 09:00 AM
AstroApprentice (Jason)
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Mount lift

Ideally you could fit your mesu on a Pier-Tech lift and raise it up through your roof hole when in use, but they are painfully expensive. Somewhere around $5-6k USD once you add adapters & controller! http://piertechinc.com/product-category/pier-tech-3/


I've had my eye on some cheap Chinese projector lifts as a possible alternative. No idea how they perform or how stable/vibration-free they are, but it would be great to test one out somehow...the one in this video looks feasible:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1984815155.html








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Originally Posted by garymck View Post
I've managed to figure out a small space in my workshop where I can cut a hole a metre by 1.2 metres and fit a sliding roof. This will be just big enough to fit my HEQ5/Esprit, or perhaps the HEQ5/8" Rc combo.....Enough to keep my interest going...

Gary
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