Greetings. I've been trying to source a reasonably priced equatorial platform for my 10" Dobsonian for months now. I consider "reasonably priced" to be in the $300 range. But I haven't been able to find one. I contacted Ed Jones but he had already shut down orders/production until March. I contacted someone else who is thinking of putting together kits for sale, but after more than a month of waiting, he informed me he probably won't have anything until at least January. I found some really nice heavy duty German made ones, but they are nearly $500 shipped. I'd consider DIY but I'd have to find super detailed plans with part numbers of the motors and wheels and whatnot, and I have not found anything like that yet. All I've found is sort hand-wavy general guidelines, and unfortunately I am not a particularly handy guy when it comes to building things.
In short, can anyone point me to where I can get a decent EQ platform in my price range?
Thanks.