TEC MC200 F15.5 with supercharged Zeiss binoviewers and acting as a counterweight, Takahashi TSA120 F7.5 with TV Binovues, both fitted with Takahashi Abbe eyepieces.....
TEC MC200 F15.5 with supercharged Zeiss binoviewers and acting as a counterweight, Takahashi TSA120 F7.5 with TV Binovues, both fitted with Takahashi Abbe eyepieces.....
Meh... I'll see you and raise you one... inch that is... an MK91 (9" f/13) with a 7" f/15 counterweight (!) on AZ8 with encoders, Nexus II and SkySafari.
Meh... I'll see you and raise you one... inch that is... an MK91 (9" f/13) with a 7" f/15 counterweight (!) on AZ8 with encoders, Nexus II and SkySafari.
A few little tidy-up changes to the AZ-EQ6GT mount......
It now has a pair of ADM saddle clamps which have been draw-filed and polished to make them pretty....
The saddle locking knobs have been recessed into the top bar by 4mm to turn the 'Slide-in' map into a 'Tip-in' one.....
The counterweight bar now has a flat ground into it that allows dual-mount mode without the threat of the c/w bar rotating as the factory screw is nearly useless....
The itty-bitty factory clamping screw has been replaced with an industrial strength M12 HT clamping lever.... (the lever handle was a bit long so out with the hacksaw, etch primer and satin black epoxy..)
The custom DewBuster Controller is now fitted to the top of the mount using a Polemaster adapter making for easy removal and less stuff hanging off the mount...
A few little tidy-up changes to the AZ-EQ6GT mount......
It now has a pair of ADM saddle clamps which have been draw-filed and polished to make them pretty....
The saddle locking knobs have been recessed into the top bar by 4mm to turn the 'Slide-in' map into a 'Tip-in' one.....
The counterweight bar now has a flat ground into it that allows dual-mount mode without the threat of the c/w bar rotating as the factory screw is nearly useless....
The itty-bitty factory clamping screw has been replaced with an industrial strength M12 HT clamping lever.... (the lever handle was a bit long so out with the hacksaw, etch primer and satin black epoxy..)
The custom DewBuster Controller is now fitted to the top of the mount using a Polemaster adapter making for easy removal and less stuff hanging off the mount...
Nice . I used to lust over these in the Sky and Telescope in the day.
Brian.
Thanks Brian. When I was a young decky on a rock lobster boat we had a big haul and instead of blowing the dough down the pub(which sometimes did happen )I got the ota (new) and the mount (second hand) off Claudio.
Cheers Richard
Does the curved sec. holder mean there are no diffraction spikes at all? Cheers Richard. 
.... wait a minute ... oh yeah ... I can carry them anywhere 
)I got the ota (new) and the mount (second hand) off Claudio. 
