CC6 balance weight.

[Steve Clay]

The CC6 is very rear heavy so some form of counterweight is needed to balance in Alt. My solution. 2kg Eq5 weight, old skytee clamp, 3d printed collet and m6x35 bolt. Tapped out the clamp to M6.

Edited July 10, 2021 by Steve Clay

[Steve Clay]

To satisfy my OCD will prob spray it black 🙄

[johninderby]

Nice simple but usefull job. 👍🏻

If you needed to buy weights I found these ideal ones on Amazon. Gone up a lot in price since I bought them though.Misleading title though as the weights are steel and just the bracket is aluminium.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neewer-Aluminum-Removable-Balancing-Stabilizer/dp/B01JCJLUJE/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=neewer+aluminum+alloy+4.6lbs%2F2.1kg+removable+counterweight&qid=1625912647&sr=8-1

Edited July 10, 2021 by johninderby

[Steve Clay]

John, Where did you get the radius blocks for fitting the handle?

[johninderby]

They are ADM RC6 radius blocks bought direct from ADM in the US. Maybe you could ask FLO to order in the blocks as it should be a lot cheaper that way. 

FLO sells the complete radius block and dovetail bar set.

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/adm-mini-dovetail-series/adm-mds-rc6-mds-series-dovetail-bar-for-6-rc-telescope.html

Edited July 10, 2021 by johninderby

[johninderby]

Radius block part number.

Radius Blocks - RB-SM-RC6

[Steve Clay]

3 minutes ago, johninderby said:

They are ADM RC6 radius blocks bought direct from ADM in the US. Maybe you could ask FLO to order in the blocks as it should be a lot cheaper that way. 

FLO sells the complete radius block and dovetail bar set.

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/adm-mini-dovetail-series/adm-mds-rc6-mds-series-dovetail-bar-for-6-rc-telescope.html

Bit expensive for what it is. Think I'll try 3d printing some, see how that goes.