Constructed an adapter from my hardwood home-brew tripod to mini-giro

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Just constructed an adapter to couple my new (secomd-hand) mini giro to a home brew hardwood tripod (made from an EQ2 tripod). Pleased with the result, and it works a treat with LS35, and will test on my APM 80mm later.

[Stu]

Looks fabulous Michael :-)

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[nightfisher]

Lovely job, looks like it will work a treat

[Macavity]

A subtle (brilliant!) blend of high-tech and "wood technology"?

And (who knows?) probably good for damping vibrations too...

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Thanks everybody. Just tested it using both the LS35 and APM 80mm triplet, and it is very stable, showing little or no vibrations, and moves vey smoothly. I might make myself a counterweight bar for it, or buy a dual-mount attachement (LS35 + APM80 for great solar set up)

[Stu]

Thanks everybody. Just tested it using both the LS35 and APM 80mm triplet, and it is very stable, showing little or no vibrations, and moves vey smoothly. I might make myself a counterweight bar for it, or buy a dual-mount attachement (LS35 + APM80 for great solar set up)

I would go for a dual mount Michael, that's what I used to do with it and it works very well. I used the PST and TV76 or 85 side by side and it worked perfectly.

There are plenty of configurations possible. You can get a 7cm bar plus the Telepak1 from Teleskop Service. This gives you the ability to bolt another clamp on the other side. The other option if you have a bigger difference in weight between scopes is to use the Telepak on a longer bar and this allows the use of a counterweight at the same time (you can also do this with the shorter bar)

It might even cope with your C8 on its own if counterbalanced correctly?

Just recently I've also tried side by side to get the eyepieces closer together, might work better with your Lunt. This works with the long L Bracket also from TS.

Stu

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[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Thanks Stu. I might try the C8 as well at some point.I know my home-brew mount can handle it