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mich_al
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Re: CGEM new [Re: nemo129]
      #4352631 - 01/31/11 10:30 AM
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I've used a small handcart to move the CGEM mount & tri-pod (OTA removed) in and out of the house with the legs moved together. Later I got a set of 'ScopeRollers' http://www.scoperoller.com/casters.shtml and just rolled the mount and tri-pod in & out.

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Re: CGEM new [Re: mich_al]
      #4352788 - 01/31/11 11:25 AM
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Have you concidered the iOptron IEQ45 as its mount weight according to there website is only 25 lbs?
The payload is pretty much the same as the CGEM.

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DonH
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Re: CGEM new [Re: nemo129]
      #4354088 - 01/31/11 08:13 PM
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Or , you could go into any Wallymart and go to the crafts aisle and pick up a stencil kit for 1.95 which has three sheets of 1/32 HDPE in I think 5x7 size. Perfect fit after cutting round.

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Re: CGEM new [Re: DonH]
      #4356044 - 02/01/11 04:12 PM
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Ad Astra
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Re: CGEM new [Re: nemo129]
      #4358328 - 02/02/11 02:40 PM
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...or, you could just take an empty 1 gallon plastic milk jug, cut a flat side off and trim it to the size you need to make the donut for the top of the tripod. It functions very well as a slipsheet, costs you nothing, and you recycled!



+1 for recycling the HDPE in milk jugs! Cheap, available, rugged, easily replaced.

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