| The Planetman |
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| 02/22/08 08:54 PM |
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Hi All.
Got a question for everyone....
Picked up a mount on the Mart a couple of weeks ago at a really decent price. It's has 1-1/2" shafts and, overall, is in decent shape. Just needs to be restored.
My question is...
It was advertised as a Parks mount with Timken bearings. Can anyone confirm this for me?
| The Planetman |
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| 02/22/08 09:11 PM |
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| CHASLX200 |
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| 02/23/08 11:04 AM |
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Don't look like any Parks mount i have ever seen.
Chas
| clintwhitman |
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| 02/23/08 11:24 AM |
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Its got me stupmed! looks like a very old mount or a prototype almost. Some features look cave, like the pier head??? Caveman....
| gnabgib |
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| 02/23/08 12:15 PM |
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Perhaps a Pacific Instruments mount??
Kevin
| The Planetman |
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| 02/23/08 01:06 PM |
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I've never seen anything like it before either. I'm not at all knowledgeable about some of the earlier telescope manufacturers. My s&T collection only goes back to '68, and I've not had the time to drag them out to do some research.
It did not have a drive, so that makes it a little harder to determine who manufactured it.
Overall, it's in really good shape. The shafts aren't pitted and the polar axis seems to be quite smooth.
My plans are to restore it, put on a drive (thinking seriously about using the Opticraft 6.6" that is sitting on the shelf) and use it with my early '90's 10" f/3.56 Parks astrograph.
I'll do a little more digging this weekend. Maybe we can come up with something....
| Lupo914 |
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| 07/01/09 06:04 PM |
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Hi,
yes, itīs a Parks Mount from around 1979/80. Here is a picture of my scope from the early 80īs and a picture from a S&T ad of that time.
Original colour of the mount and the upper part of the column was orange, the lower parts black.
Actually, the mount is in state of refurbishment.
Can you please show me more pictures of the joint of the mount to the steel column and the dec. drive?
THX
Wolf
| Lupo914 |
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| 07/02/09 07:11 PM |
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| TimD |
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| 08/28/09 03:03 AM |
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Wow. I woulda never guessed!