4 replies to this topic

[bambroso]

I dont see replacement mount kits available for sale anywhere. If one needed to replace mount for XT10G are there resources? I did not find anything specific..

[whizbang]

Why not have a carpenter or handyman disassemble the old base and use the parts as a template to cut and build a new mount base?

[junomike]

I dont see replacement mount kits available for sale anywhere. If one needed to replace mount for XT10G are there resources? I did not find anything specific..

These used to be available (in N.America) by Skywatcher, but are no longer offered.

 

IMO most of the cost of the complete telescope is the Base and If you sell the OTA separately, you shouldn't be too far off

the cost of just the Base.

[JamesDuffey]

Astrogoods sells Dobsonian bases made from Baltic birch. They have both standard and custom bases available. < https://www.astrogoo...nts.which.shtml > 

[bambroso]

Astrogoods sells Dobsonian bases made from Baltic birch. They have both standard and custom bases available. < https://www.astrogoo...nts.which.shtml >

Thank you one and all for your wisdom and guidance. I would use the existing panels as a guide but the wife sort of ruined that idea when she backed over it. Don’t ask. I will figure out something. Thank you again.

Edited by bambroso, 14 August 2020 - 10:53 AM.