Stainless steel counterweights

[Stu]

I'm looking for some replacement stainless steel counterweights for my Giro-WR mount which has a standard (18mm?) Skywatcher counterweight shaft.

Most of these weights are very expensive, but I found these Meade ones for £29.99.

http://www.telescopehouse.com/meade-lx80-11-lb-stainless-steel-counterweight.html

Question is, does anyone know what the diameter of the hole is on these weights? I can't find the info anywhere.

Thanks!

 

[Pig]

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[Stu]

Thanks Shaun, so that sounds like a no ?

[Pig]

I thought I had found it.... but it wasn't correct  the description says to fit the LX 80 ....... so one would think just + of 18mm,  they don't look like they are 25mm

[Stu]

Just now, Pig said:

I thought I had found it.... but it wasn't correct  the description says to fit the LX 80 ....... so one would think just + of 18mm,  they don't look like they are 25mm

Oh, but confused now, thought Lee mentioned 25mm but you are right they don't look like it. More research needed, or a mail to TH on Monday.

[Pig]

Yes the "as apposed to" in Lee's comment wasn't clear as to which way it was meant

[ChrisLX200]

They don't look like stainless steel either - more like Nickel plated. I would query TH about that too (although I note they're out of stock anyway).

ChrisH

[alan potts]

I tend to agree with Chris, if these were stainless I imagine they would cost more as well, this is not much more than a normal iron weight. It's sad I have a white coated iron one in the barn you could have but alas it would cost as much to send as buy a new one.

[ChrisLX200]

I had this issue with the 10-Micron GM2000HPS that Baader supplied (via Ian King). IK lists a 12Kg as being made of stainless steel  - as does 10-Micron, but the ones listed and (apparently) supplied by Baader are actually nickel-plated. I asked IK to check and indeed the weights supplied by Baader with the mount ARE plated. At £148 each I decided to give them a miss ;-) I just checked and IK still lists them as being made of stainless steel even now http://www.iankingimaging.com/show_product.php?id=1370 . Anyway, I made a few SS weights a couple of years ago and sold all but what I actually needed, those I managed to adapt to the larger diameter counterweight shaft.

ChrisH

[Stu]

Thanks all. Yes, on closer inspection they do just look like painted or played iron weights. I'll check with TH tomorrow.

[Skipper Billy]

At the advertised price they CANNOT be any grade of stainless steel - the raw material is way in excess of the advertised price before you even think about machining, time, packaging, despatch etc.....