"Ricardo" wrote in message ...
Hi,
Thanks for all the replies. If I can't find anything in my price range,
I'll have a go at making one.
Hi,
Sorry to take so long to post. But for some reason I can't get
this new website to come up in a browser. Only as a direct link.
I put some quick shots of my Mk111 Fullerscopes mounting (which
ChrisH recommended in an earlier post) on a Mysite website. And then
spent the rest of the morning trying to publish it to the web. Then I
had to go to work.
You should be able to get a Mk111 equatorial mounting from about £50
upwards (certainly under a hundred with a pier (or tripod) and slow
motions & synchronous drive all in good original condition) A bare
head without slow motions should be well under £50 IMHO. If they'll
sell it at that price. g There were three types of base to the
Mk111. Tripod (for three legs), pot (for a pipe) and flat plate (for
screwing to a post).
Put a wanted ad on Astro Ads (link at the bottom of all ChrisH's
posts) for a Mk111 Fullerscopes mounting (that's if nobody offers you
one privately as result of this thread). Try and get one with slow
motions and preferably with the little synchronous motor drive. Which
will keep an object in the field of view for hours if you line the
mounting's polar axis up on the pole star.
The Mk111 mountings are ideal for small refractors. Mine even held my
6" f/8 refractor until I managed to obtain a Mk1V mounting. (The
Mk111's bigger brother). Mine live permanently out of doors with a
small lightweight tarpaulin bungee hooked over each mounting.
An alternative to the Fullerscopes would be the Charles Frank
equatorial. There were at least two models of conventional german
equatorial. The smaller one is similar to the Fullerscopes MK111.
I hope the link works for you. If it does I'll put some more images
on the website tomorrow (when it's light enough to take some more
pictures). One point worth remembering. If you have to buy a new set
of tube rings for your scope. It might be a good idea to line them
with more felt. The cheapo rings I bought by mail order have scratched
both my OTA's to death.
Good luck.
Chris.B
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fullerscopesmk3
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fullersc...ng/index.jhtml