Mesu 200 saddle attachment?

[whipdry]

I hope to collect my new Mesu 200 sometime this week...

I want to use a Robin Cassidy saddle I already have but forgot to ask Bern about fixing hole spacing, thread size & depth on the mount.

Does anyone here have this info.?

Cheers

Peter

 

[tomato]

Hello Peter,

Congratulations on your choice of mount, I must admit I swallowed hard when I wrote the cheque for mine but I haven't regretted it for a millisecond.

I have just measured the centre to centre retaining bolts at 76 mm, I think they are m8 retaining bolts. Mine came with a Geoptik dovetail plate already fitted and the Mesu plate was drilled to fit this with no modifications so if there is a 'manufacturing standard' for dovetail plates you should be Ok. I recommend you join the Mesu Users group on Yahoo, a wealth of information and helpful advice is on there.

Enjoy your Mesu!

Steve

[tomato]

Hello Peter,

I have found a drawing of the Geoptik dovetail supplied with my mount, I can confirm the centre to centre retaining bolt measurement is 76 mm, but I think the retaining bolts are m6 rather than m8.

Clear skies

Steve

[whipdry]

Thanks Steve, that's close to 3" (76.2mm) spacing on my saddle so I guess it could work as a universal standard.

Cheers

Peter

[kirkster501]

What with Brexit etc I noticed the Mesu's have increased in price quite significantly....

[KyleStoke]

On 02/08/2016 at 20:34, kirkster501 said:

What with Brexit etc I noticed the Mesu's have increased in price quite significantly....

I noticed this also, we shall see when the pound recovers against the euro if this is reflected in the price. A 0.1 increase in euros to pounds should be £350 off

[kirkster501]

Bernard told me he is in discussions with Lucas Mesu about the next batch and the pricing.

[KyleStoke]

I will keep my eye out, I want one but got a bit of saving to do yet

[kirkster501]

On 04/08/2016 at 18:54, KyleStoke said:

I will keep my eye out, I want one but got a bit of saving to do yet

I got the money ready to go but Lukas cannot make them fast enough.  Who says it's a "time of austerity" when folk can blow £5000 on a mount!