I really appreciate your ongoing contributions to the Hadley community, this seems like a really interesting option, and I love getting to see the iteration of the design.

@designbydave

2 ай бұрын

I'm just stoked there is such a large community around building a cool little telescope! Glad to be able to contribute what ever I can.

Dude this mount is awesome. I am going to attempt a modification to make it work with a 3D printed 76mm newtonian I am working on.

@designbydave

10 күн бұрын

Cool! What needs to be modified? It uses a standard vixen style dovetail mount. Can you newtonian accomodate that?

I love it! Glad to have provided some inspiration with my random posts on the internet. I think I may try it out for use with my Orion ST80 for when I don't feel like pulling the 8" dob out!

@designbydave

2 ай бұрын

Cool, let me know how that works out!

I realize that you get a better range of motion doing it this way. But I do wonder... Hanging that much weight off one side of the mount will result in uneven load. Wouldn't it run smoother if you had the load centered?

@designbydave

2 күн бұрын

Possibly smoother and, more importantly, less wobbly if the telescope was centered. However that would basically just be a Dobsonian style mount, which already exists for this scope. The purpose of this mount it to have something that will work with a standard astronomy or photo/video tripod that you may already have.

nice work!!!

@designbydave

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Nice! The tries are very interesting !

@designbydave

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! I wasn't sure if that would be interesting or not so glad you like it.

What do you think the weight limit would be on this? Do you think it would work for a larger telescope like the "Leavitt"? For context, the Leavitt uses an 8" mirror.

@designbydave

Ай бұрын

I think it's limited to only light payloads, maybe 2-4 pounds. Definitely not adequate for an 8 in mirror.