John,
Many thanks for the information.
I've been looking at the Mathis models. They do apear
to be very well made. I've found them on earlier
search but I hardly believe the club involved could
handle the price...
The OpticCraft mounts apear to be a good choice. But,
as you mentioned, I too couldnt find any reviews about
their products and I think it is quite important
before such sums of $ are being invested...

Many thanks for your help,
Assaf.

> Gene, read again- the mount weighs 35 kg, the load
> capacity is 65 kg.
>
> Anssen mounts get good reviews on the Starfinder16
> yahoo group, which is a
> group for owners of
> Meade's massive 16" f/4.5 Newtonian. That OTA is
> 100 lbs and about 6' long.
> Of course, if you're really worried about stability,
> just move up to
> Anssen's "Atika" model at
> <http://www.triode.net.au/~anssen/atika.html>, a
> 220 kg mount with 5" diameter shafts!
>
> Another line of heavy duty mounts to check out are
> those built by Mathis
> instruments at
> <http://www.mathis-instruments.com>. You may have
> heard of the Mountain
> Instruments MI-250 mount. The 250 is actually a
> Mathis design licensed to
> Mountian. Mathis makes larger versions, the MI-500,
> 750, and 1000.
>
> And then there's Optic-craft,
> <http://www.opticcraft.com/>, which has been
> advertising in S&T for years, but I've never heard
> anyone comment on them.
> They make mounts from small to 800 lb capacity.
> -John
>
>
>

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