Meade Antivibe Pads, Swap ?

Shawn · #1 13-01-2007, 06:21 AM

Brand new , never used, RRP $79.00 still in wrappers. Swap , what have you.

pm,s

Cheers

Shawn

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Dennis · #2 13-01-2007, 08:12 AM

Just in case anyone is considering these, and they are unsure of their capabilities, I found that using the Celestron VSPs, dampening time was reduced from around 6 secs to less that 1 sec on my Vixen 4" refractor mounted on a GPDX on a 1.2 metre portable pier.

The amplitude of the deflection appeared not to be lessened, but the dampening time reduced dramatically. In other words – they work very well!

Cheers

Dennis

paninaro · #3 13-01-2007, 04:07 PM

I'll second that, I have an Meade 8" SCT on an LXB500B mount, the previous owner had done everything to try and strengthen this mount/tripod to stop the vibration - he had added shot weight into the legs, added teflon runners to hold position on the adjustable legs etc

I removed all the mods, placed the tripod on the vibration pads and voila! - down to 1-2 second correction. They appear to be made of 3 parts, the base that sits on the concrete, a cup that the tripod leg sits in and a kind of gel in between - the gel is the vibration absorbing layer.

acropolite (Phil) · #4 13-01-2007, 08:09 PM

Hmm I'd like those pads, what do you want to swap, astro gear, or something else of similar value, obviously small to minimise freight costs.

h0ughy (David) · #5 13-01-2007, 11:29 PM

I will swap my clouds for those - or what about, well, what do you want or what are you after?

Shawn · #6 14-01-2007, 04:54 AM

An EP , Filter, A 2" Flip Mirror, ooops fingers slipped,

. Really not worried , anything I can use, these I never will. cash differences could be used, Things I really need are guide rings for a ed100, another visual back. Whatever guys,
Whatever you may have that you dont use, but I may find usefull .

I have allready 10 15 26 40mm and a 9 guide, any gap filler , ?
No Filters at all yet.

One thing I would like to piont out, this is a brand new replacement set for a set of which one exploded under the wieght of the 14", Replaced under warranty. These are supposed to up to job, apparently I had a faulty one. But in saying that. I would not trust them under 200lbs of gear , even if I had a use for them.
Cheers
Shawn

Shawn · #7 14-01-2007, 04:46 PM

The Tripod is still up for grabs too...

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Shawn · #8 16-01-2007, 07:15 PM

No takers, ?

Ok , thanks for looking guys...

S

shredder · #9 16-01-2007, 10:14 PM

Well I have PMed you..... its not much of an offer but it is something...

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