Telescope Piers and Adapters

[GrampianStars (Rob)]

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Steve Bain
I need a pier adapter plate for Vixen Tripod Head finished in matching powder coating?

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[blink138 (Pat)]

A g11 pier would be more than handy!
Pat

[PRejto (Peter)]

I'll just add my question to this old thread since it's pretty close to the original topic.

Like others I have been thinking about how nice it would be to have the mount up semi-permanently. I can't decide how to do it, and how to do it given that I will sooner or later spring for a really good mount (like the AP900 or the new SB MX).

So what can I build that will 1. fit my HEQ5 Pro 2. stand 1.6 meters above ground (has to be that high due to a pool fence and a long refractor only to be used with the upgraded mount) 3. Be able to be upgradeable for new mount.

At first I was considering perhaps a 10-12" concrete pier with a mounting plate from http://www.pierplates.com/products1.html,
but now I'm wondering if I might be better off building up a rectangular concrete block high enough to get me to 1.6 meters with one the metal piers available attached. When I get a new mount I could just change out the pier I suppose. Any thoughts about this much appreciated.

Peter

[jones (Salvatore)]

A 10" concrete pier will be more than enough. I have a 10" steel pier filled with sand, and it's rock solid.
It's not complicated to devise a mechanism that'll allow you to switch pier/mount adapters easily so go DYI, I suggest. You don't need to change the whole pier when you change the mount.