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Subject: Re: [M]: LX200 carrying capacity
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sat Oct 04 00:39:58 1997

At 7:44 PM -0700 10/3/97, R. A. Greiner wrote:
>...
>This measurement was done with the scope perfectly balanced and the
>drives unlocked. It was with the 10" totally unloaded except for the
>Losmandy bar at the top and bottom...

That's a pretty big "except". :-) A Losmandy dovetail plate for a 10"
weighs 3.6 lbs; your bottom bar probably weighs at least 1.5 lbs. That
Losmandy gear is *heavy*-duty!

Considering which, I am leaning toward making my attachments from wood.
I'm not particularly concerned with flexure as this is just for visual
work; if it flexes a couple of arc- *minutes*, I'll never notice.

I think I can make do with a 1/2 lb wood beam on each side of the tube.
This way I can keep the total weight down to 20 lbs (including Pronto,
Meade dew shield, Naglers, finderscope and counterweights).

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