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[mark RD]

Finely finshed making a dovetail for my 80mm Rich Field only to find out the the counter weight is a bit too heavy.

Popped it on the scales and it comes in at 5 Kg I'm guessing I will need between 2.5kg to 3.5kg.

Any suggestions?

Mark

[OXO]

For a quick fix try piggybacking your camera on the Telescope?

[GazOC]

Can you get away with no counterweight?

[mark RD]

Can you get away with no counterweight?

No although I do like to try to get it to balance, I don't think it will be a strain on the motors if its not perfect.

Mark

PS

I like your idear James, Maybe an old zenith with a 120mm lens

[OXO]

I like your idear James, Maybe an old zenith with a 120mm lens

Hope you have a concrete floor

[mark RD]

I like your idear James, Maybe an old zenith with a 120mm lens

Hope you have a concrete floor

:laugh:

And it would need to be at least 12 inchs thick

Mark

[GordonCopestake]

If it's an old weight and you're not using it for anything else, take a hacksaw to it and cut a chunk off

[gaelicstorm7]

Mark, go your local sports store see if they sell loose exercise weights there usually available from 1kg upwards, either that or do what I did, call in at a local scrapyard and got some scrap lead and cast yourselve a weight, I've got a few cast that I use for when the scope is in different configurations (i.e. with/without camera)

Alan