Welcome to FLO Takahashi

[FLO]

Primaluce tube-rings are being added to our website as I type. Lots of them!  

If you look at our home page today we look like a Primaluce store! 

 

[Stu]

57 minutes ago, FLO said:

Primaluce tube-rings are being added to our website as I type. Lots of them!  

If you look at our home page today we look like a Primaluce store! 

 

Good job. I think you might need them  

[25585]

18 minutes ago, Stu said:

Good job. I think you might need them  

Tempted by the little 140mm Losmandy plate to go on top of a couple of rings for mounting finder scope etc. 

I will measure up. Are you going to sell other lengths, for complete colour co-ordination?

What's black & white & red all over? A Takahashi owner mixing ADM & Primaluce hardware!

[FLO]

19 minutes ago, 25585 said:

Tempted by the little 140mm Losmandy plate to go on top of a couple of rings for mounting finder scope etc. 

I will measure up. Are you going to sell other lengths, for complete colour co-ordination?

More items are being added as I type but if there is something you want that isn't listed please email us. 

We can source anything Primaluce. 

HTH, 

Steve 

[FLO]

33 minutes ago, Stu said:

Good job. I think you might need them  

One thing invariably leads to another... 

[25585]

1 minute ago, FLO said:

One thing invariably leads to another... 

Full Primaluce catalogue is eyecandy for accessorists

[FLO]

You can find a number of Primaluce dovetail bars in our website's Dovetail Bars section. 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Co-ordinating dual scope stabilisers, the essential accessory for every astronomer:

[25585]

2 minutes ago, FLO said:

You can find a number of Primaluce dovetail bars in our website's Dovetail Bars section. 

 

OK! 

[FLO]

They do a heck of a lot of accessories! It will take us a while to list them and then we'll need to assign them categories so it might look a bit chaotic until we have finished. 

To keep tabs on new products added please see our home page. 

 

[25585]

4 minutes ago, FLO said:

They do a heck of a lot of accessories! It will take us a while to list them and then we'll need to assign them categories so it might look a bit chaotic until we have finished. 

To keep tabs on new products added please see our home page. 

 

Why not also have sections on your site for particular makes, such as you do for telescopes etc?

[FLO]

13 minutes ago, 25585 said:

Why not also have sections on your site for particular makes, such as you do for telescopes etc?

We already do for ADM: 

ADM Guidescope Rings and Systems

And we will for Primaluce, but we need to finish adding them first  

[FLO]

... But you are right, with all these new products it is time we considered reorganising our website. 

[JeremyS]

Does Primaluce produce a telescope tube carrying handle that can be attached to their tube rings?

[F15Rules]

On 13/04/2018 at 20:36, jabeoo1 said:

I hear those scopes are not too shoddy !

..But some might say a bit "Taky"

Dave

[Fozzie]

Would @FLO be looking to offer tak mounts also?

Asking for a friend..

Ta

Fozzie 

[ollypenrice]

 

On 4/17/2018 at 23:43, 25585 said:

Steve @FLO, I found sme Losmandy D dovetails for Tak clam mounts. They are made by Farpoint in 7 inch single & 12.5 double mounting positions.

 

Would it be possible for you to stock those please? The whole base footprint is supported, much better than the Vixen.

The clamshell is a nice system for visual observers but may not suit imagers, especially dual rig users, because of differential flexure. Be aware that the FSQs need to be mounted with a considerable forward offset since they are rear-end heavy. Tak do an offset foot for the clamshell but really all you need is a long enough dovetail. I'd go for those Primaluce rings myself.

Olly

[kirkster501]

The Takahashi FSQ habit gets to be very costly.....

I love the FSQ85.  Some folks have had issues with the focuser with large chip cameras but mine - August 2013 vintage - has so far been fine and I'd assume Takahashi have sorted this by now.  It has to be a good thing that another dealer - and a large one with FLO - can bang the drum if there are any issues and not just Ian on his own. 

People also seem to forget that the FSQ 85 and 106 (and presumably the other Tak scopes but I can't speak for them) are also a fabulous visual scopes too and not just astrographs, and I've had some cracking views of M31 and some other large scale objects through my BabyQ.

[25585]

1 hour ago, ollypenrice said:

 

The clamshell is a nice system for visual observers but may not suit imagers, especially dual rig users, because of differential flexure. Be aware that the FSQs need to be mounted with a considerable forward offset since they are rear-end heavy. Tak do an offset foot for the clamshell but really all you need is a long enough dovetail. I'd go for those Primaluce rings myself.

Olly

Gone the Primaluce ring route. An alternative may be 2 Tak clamps, but that may be too long a tunnel for FSQ models to fit in. Would be OK for longer OTAs.  

[FLO]

17 hours ago, JeremyS said:

Does Primaluce produce a telescope tube carrying handle that can be attached to their tube rings?

We haven't come across one yet. 

ADM do handles, though they are rather plain and black: 

 

[FLO]

13 hours ago, Fozzie said:

Would @FLO be looking to offer tak mounts also?

Not sure at this stage. Do you think we should? 

Steve 

[25585]

@FLOwill you be stocking Priumaluce focusers?

2 inch

and 2.7 inch

Either would look nice on a Takahashi complimenting its white tube (and of course other Primaluce hardware).

 

[John]

I guess that depends on how many Tak owners feel that Primalucelab stuff is their "partner of choice"

 

 

[Stu]

FT for me, every time.

[RayD]

I have to say I have quite a bit of PrimaLuce stuff (in fact a lot), but if I was to change the focuser on my Tak it wouldn't be for a PLL one, it would be FT.