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2020
- Collapsible Mount Finished, shown at its 5" collapsed
height
"I think the mount is fantastic Solid when assembled
compared to my original mount. Saves me almost 2 cubic
feet of storage and transport space compared to the
old mount. I really like the brass inserts for the thumb
screws. The bearings are silky smooth. I like the thick
teflon pads."
Ken
L.
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2020
- Solid Mount with Clamshell Rings and Altitude Bearings
Finished
Ordered with Sky Commander hardware for customer installed
DSC. This mount was designed to meet the buyer's seated
height preferences.
"Thanks a great mount. I did some daytime testing
and the view is steady with my hand on focus or taping
on tube. The height of the base is a pleasure for using
the scope while seated. Looking forward to a lot of
great years of use."
Jeff
W."
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2020
- Solid Mount with Altitude Bearings Kit specified by
customer.
Shipped to Germany finished but unassembled to save
on transportation costs. Ground board was requested
to be under the rocker box completely to keep assembly
from rolling during transport. Altitude bearings are
offest to correct for poor factory balance causing a
nose-heavy tendency. SkyWatcher 10".
"Dear
Mark,
The
mount has arrived, in a very good shape. I have already
set up everything. The mount runs very smooth and is
both very light and portable. Excellent. :) I can easily
carry the complete telescope because of the smaller
size and holes in both sides. This is a huge step ahead
compared to the stock mount. Thank you very much for
your effort.
Best
regards
Hermann"
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2020
- Solid Mount with Altitude Bearings Kit
"I finished building the mount and refinishing
the telescope. Attached are a few photos. They were
taken at the club's observing site yesterday. I used
the scope/mount to observe about a dozen globular clusters
last night. It is working very well. Your dimensions
were all perfect, it all fit really well. Thanks for
your effort.
Steven P."
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2019
- Solid Mount with Clamshell Rings and Altitude Bearings
Kit
"Hi
Mark:
I thought you might be interested to know that I’ve
now got your mount paired up with a matching equatorial
platform and working well. Life is good!"
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2019
- Solid Mount with Clamshell Rings and Altitude Bearings
Kit
Paul
assembled and finished this kit for a 10" Dob,
and sent several photos. His comment about the internal
hidden dowels and predrilled holes highlight part of
our new stiffness design upgrades which include 3/8"
dowels between the side, front and rocker box bottom
boards, bracing between front and side boards, and moving
the altitude bearings inside the side boards to capture
them and avoid unwanted lateral slip.
"I have finished the mount . It looks terrific.
I particularly like the dowels and holes.
- Paul B."
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2019 - Tripod Adapted Solid Mount and Altitude Bearings
Lisa W. contacted us requesting a Dob mount that would
fit her CG4 tripod. Her idea was to have a grab-and-go
setup that would allow winter observing with her 6"
Newtonian, off the ground, out of the snow, at a comfortable
height, and to have it removable for use as a tabletop
telescope. Hat's off to Lisa for this great idea!
This is what we came up with. The larger round bottom
board is the adapter to allow use on the CG4, yet removable
so the mount functions also as a standard Dobsonian.
"Just beautiful! That is one good looking mount.
It fits the CG4 like a glove, is buttery smooth, rock
solid and is the perfect height for me for viewing while
standing (I’m 5’10”). I couldn’t be
happier. Thanks a bunch Mark, I look forward to working
with you again sometime!
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2019 - Solid Mount with Clamshell Rings and Altitude
Bearings.
Takahashi MT-160. Here we are testing the new strips
of Formica Crystal 909-42 material.
"
It looks great! Can't wait to take it for a test run.
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S.C.'
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2019 - Solid Mount with Clamshell Rings Altitude Bearings
Finished:
This
mount was built for a heavy MN66 Mak-Newt, so we worked
with the buyer to sufficiently stiffen with both internal
and external bracing. Our collaboration continued even
after the mount was delivered in order to test and adjust
the stiffness.
"I
did the upgrades last weekend and tested several times
during the week. I'm
glad to report that the mount works fine now. Looks
great too.
R.G."
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2019 - Solid Mount with Altitude Bearings kit..
Here is Will's finished 10" SkyWatcher. He asked
for the ground board to be completely under the rocker
box, which makes it more compact for travel. Notice
the offset mounting of the bearings and nice eyepiece
holders inside the front board.
"I confirm that the tube now balances nicely. There
is no problem collapsing the tube with the larger, offset
bearings and show how much bulkier the stock mount is
(the stock mount does result in the eyepiece being a
few inches higher but the difference is not much, and
I actually prefer it slightly lower for my usual chair).
- Will"
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2019 - Collapsible Mount with Clamshell Rings and Altitude
Bearings kit.
"Finished the scope this. Thanks for your help. My
3 granddaughters and I painted out Zodiac signs on the
scope and mounted the optics this weekend. Having your
mount available made the job a lot easier for me.
- Mark N." |
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2019 - Big Bearings replacing 5" factory bearings
kit.
"Was able to use the SkyWatcher Dob with the Big
Bearings upgrade. Super smooth motions in alt. Very happy
with the results so far.
- Greg W.' |
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2018
- Solid Mount with Clamshell Rings, Altitude Bearings
and Tube End Rings finished.
"Mark
worked tirelessly with me on my mount project. I had many
ideas for customization and changes that I wanted to make
and he worked with me on every single aspect of it. He
would not rest until I was satisfied and his attention
to detail and commitment to his customers is truly amazing.
Thank you again for everything you did, Mark. I am truly
grateful and very happy with my mount."
-
Patrick Sutton"
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2018 - Collapsible mount with clamshell rings and altitude
bearings kit.
"EXCELLENT!
Thanks, you guys do great work.
- Pete M."
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2018 - Solid Mount finished.
"Thanks Mark, you know I have never left the scope
in the living room. The black wood mount just did not
look living room worthy. Beyond functionality and weight,
your mount looks great and I am happy to have in the room
now. Will be sure to let folks know where it came from.
I
know this is about the most simple mount you make, but
it is still a great change for this scope and I am glad
I finally did it. It is so much lighter, and a heck
of a lot nicer than the standard mounts that come with
these or any similar scope.
- Douglas M"
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2017 - Solid Mount with Clamshell Rings and Altitude Bearings
kit.
"Hi Mark,
The telescope is working very well. I added encoders to
use with my Argo Navis. You did a very nice job on the
mount as the pointing accuracy is very good. The scope
is an Orion ( English) VX10L, 10" f/6.3. Thank you
for all your help with this project. I am happy to recommend
your products and services.
-
Ellis"
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2016 - Collapsible Mount and Altitude Bearings kit:
"Mount works perfectly, going from zero to slightly
over 90 degrees. Altitude movement is silk smooth; azimuth
movement is firm and precise. Mount height and tube clearance
were spot-on! There´s about one inch of clearance.
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Solid Mount with Clamshell Rings and Altitude Bearings
finished.
Ron asked for a replacement for his 10" Orion mount,
and a clamshell with bearings 6" to fit the 10"
mount. Two telescopes one mount!
"Stand arrived this evening. Great job! Looks super,
works great. The most amazing part is that it weighs 1/1,000th
the weight of the original Orion stand!! Geez!! The real
reason that I wanted the mount, so I could put my 6"
to good use also. I had no mount for it before, now it
looks good enough to sell. BUT - I won't!!"
- Ron D'
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