What did the postman bring?

[tony]

Had these delivered before xmas, EQ6-R Pro, mount hub prov4 and the HitecAstro Weather thingy😄and the QSI6120.

Edited March 16, 2022 by tony

[tony]

Had this last Thursday, the FLT132. Its a biggy compared to my GT81.

[Sky-J]

1 hour ago, Mike Q said:

What's the weight rating on that?  

HI Mike - according to their site (berlebach) it's 120kg (264 lbs?)

[Richard_]

1 hour ago, tony said:

Had this last Thursday, the FLT132. Its a biggy compared to my GT81.

That's a super sexy, chonky boy! You could use that GT81 as a guidescope for it haha 😁

[JeremyS]

2 hours ago, tony said:

Had these delivered before xmas, EQ6-R Pro, mount hub prov4 and the HitecAstro Weather thingy😄and the QSI6120.

 

 

2 hours ago, tony said:

Had this last Thursday, the FLT132. Its a biggy compared to my GT81.

 

 

How come people are waiting so long to share pics of their lovely new kit?
🤣

[Captain Scarlet]

A few months ago I bought GrumpyMartian's VX8, but it had a Losmandy dovetail on its rings. and the only saddles I have here where I am in the UK for a couple of weeks are all Vixen. Therefore ... an adapter, courtesy of RVO, to avoid having to really tediously de-dovetail my LZOS and re-screw it onto the VX8's holes.

[Franklin]

More reading for those cloudy nights.

 

[tony]

4 hours ago, JeremyS said:

 

How come people are waiting so long to share pics of their lovely new kit?
🤣

😝 Had to wait till I had everything of course😆

[Marc1964]

Tuesday's package from FLO did not just contain cloud and rain, but also a very exciting L-bracket. 

I can tell you are all really excited by this, so here it is in all its glory... 

[johninderby]

That's an “L” of a bracket all right. 😁

Edited March 16, 2022 by johninderby

[Mr Spock]

Next day delivery!

It might be a bit over the top as Dob bearings go, but, my word, it's rock solid. I can see now where most of the Dob base flex was and the remaining flex is in the side rocker pieces - shortly to be braced. Expensive, but worth every penny. It does come without lubrication so that to sort next.

[johninderby]

Nice bearing. 👍🏻

Will need to add some method of friction to provide a bit of resistance to turning otherwise one push and it will spin round  for ages. 😁

Edited March 17, 2022 by johninderby

[Mr Spock]

2 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Will need to add some method of friction to provide a bit of resistance to turning otherwise one push and it will spin round  for ages.

The Dob base has a tightening bolt in the middle 

[johninderby]

Have done a similar bearing mod and it did need something to add friction. The centre bolt isn’t enough and the bearing will run rough if over tightened. I used a couple of stick on felt pads to add just a bit of friction.

Edited March 17, 2022 by johninderby

[callisto]

23 hours ago, tony said:

Had these delivered before xmas, EQ6-R Pro, mount hub prov4 and the HitecAstro Weather thingy😄and the QSI6120.

Some nice gear there 

My doggies have that same doughnut beside your door... sorry, just had to tell you 🤣

[Mr Spock]

My birthday present (to myself) has just arrived 

Looks almost like it's never been used 

It has now - just been using it on the sun with the 102mm.

[RobertI]

New AZ4 on steel tripod. Super super pleased with it. Very simple design but works a treat, very solid. The 1.75” tripod was heftier and more solid than I expected, yet the whole lot is so much lighter than my Skytee on 2” tripod. The rubber coated feet was a nice touch too. It seems able to cope with scope imbalances without too much stiffness or stiction in the alt axis. Plus it seems to have been designed specifically for 4” F7 refractor! All for £190 (or £155 in my case) - a bargain! Had a nice session observing the sun at 170x and the mount was steady and smooth. 
 

Edited March 18, 2022 by RobertI

[NeonSpectres]

This actually arrived a few months back courtesy of some bandit using a 'Brushing' scam via Amazon:

It sat in our downstairs cupboard for a while until I got it out to have a look and realised it'd make a great telescope/mount cover as the inside has a silvery UV-resistant covering!

[Jerry Barnes]

some small compensation for missing the Practical Astronomy Show tomorrow due to covid.   At least it means I wont have to think up a reason why I just had to by a new scope.

 

 

[Stuart1971]

Courtesy of a seller on ABS, I have been after one of these for a while for my Tak FS60, was going to get the More Blue version, but did not like the distance they stuck out compared to this tak offering, glad I waited…

 

[F15Rules]

Takahashi FC-L tall tripod..made from solid mahogany with adjustable legs and "Tak Green" furniture..

My FS128, "Trinity", which I've now had for 5 years, came to me with this exact tripod: however, I sold it quite soon afterwards as I felt my existing trusty but fixed height old home built tripod built by another amateur over 10 years ago was a bit more rigid..

I always thought Trinity looked her best on the Tak tripod though, and as I'm increasingly tending to sit to observe, I decided to pounce when I saw this one for sale.

I think the adjustments available with the Tak tripod will suit me better - especially when viewing lower altitude objects like M42, Sirius, Scorpio etc..and, of course, the more I lower the tripod, the more stable it will be!

It arrived today, from Scotland, in very nice condition and I'm chuffed with it..I will keep the old tripod for my trusty old Vixen SP102, on which it will be as solid as a rock..😊👍.

Dave

 

Edited March 18, 2022 by F15Rules
Photos added

[Dean Hale]

Lovely. Chuffed. Love the word now that is how to describe an item.

 

[Telescope40]

1 hour ago, F15Rules said:

Takahashi FC-L tall tripod..made from solid mahogany with adjustable legs and "Tak Green" furniture..

My FS128, "Trinity", which I've now had for 5 years, came to me with this exact tripod: however, I sold it quite soon afterwards as I felt my existing trusty but fixed height old home built tripod built by another amateur over 10 years ago was a bit more rigid..

I always thought Trinity looked her best on the Tak tripod though, and as I'm increasingly tending to sit to observe, I decided to pounce when I saw this one for sale.

I think the adjustments available with the Tak tripod will suit me better - especially when viewing lower altitude objects like M42, Sirius, Scorpio etc..and, of course, the more I lower the tripod, the more stable it will be!

It arrived today, from Scotland, in very nice condition and I'm chuffed with it..I will keep the old tripod for my trusty old Vixen SP102, on which it will be as solid as a rock..😊👍.

Dave

 

Dave. Very nice set ups. Save switching tripods I guess too. 
Enjoy.  John 

[Franklin]

2 hours ago, F15Rules said:

Takahashi FC-L tall tripod.

Just the job for the EM-2 Dave, looks great. I thought of you when I saw the ad, did you get the shorter legs as well?

Edited March 18, 2022 by Franklin
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[Franklin]

8 hours ago, Mr Spock said:

My birthday present (to myself) has just arrived 

You found one at last. Nice set!