Counter Weights

[Shaun]

I was just interested in the amount of counter weight you need for an EQ mount, i am playing around with the idea of making one to fit my 8"

Shaun

[iceman (Mike)]

It depends on the weight of what you're putting on the EQ mount. I've got approx 25kg of counter weights to balance my 12" newt on the EQ6.

[Shaun]

Cool, the gym guy at work said i can have 5kg for $5 so i might grab 4 of them from him

[iceman (Mike)]

Sounds good - just weigh your OTA plus accessories etc that you expect to hang off the mount, and get an equivalent amount of counter weights.

[JohnG (John)]

This site may be of some help to you.

http://www.robincasady.com/Astro/WeightCalc.html

Cheers