Hi Bill, What I do is just unscrew one of the three wingnuts that attach the tray to the legs, and remove one leg of the tripod. Then it pops in the trunk of...
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jmcarp@...
Mar 13, 2001 3:03 pm
Hi Bill, I have an Orion Skyview Deluxe mount for my G-5, which I think is very similar to the Stellarvue Deluxe mount. I installed the the machine screws up...
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jmcarp@...
Mar 13, 2001 3:16 pm
Frank, While it seems a pretty simple matter to mount two telescopes side by side for binocular views, the problem is the interocular distance; i.e., getting...
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lthuedk
lthuedk@...
Mar 13, 2001 8:01 pm
HI: I use a single wing nut to fasten an aluminum, handle-less sauce pan to a captive, 1 1/2" long 1/4" diameter stainless steel bolt in the center of the tray...
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starastar@...
Mar 13, 2001 9:56 pm
I have been considering the same type of set up with a pair of Chinese ST80 scopes. My idea would be to place a couple of porro prisms in the diagonals, but...
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Bill Mette
bmette@...
Mar 13, 2001 10:36 pm
Thanks to all for your great ideas. I'm not too certain as to when I'll get around to this little project. I'll try to remember to take some pictures of...
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eltopo@...
Mar 14, 2001 5:31 am
Hello again: Wow 600 messages and still counting... Well I have been doomed by Tut's revenge again. We get a lot of Sahara's dust (yes they blow across the...
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gweber@...
Mar 14, 2001 5:25 pm
While travelling over Christmas I lost a bag with my aluminium tripod that came with the SV mount. I purchased an oak tripod from NatureWatch and filed a loss...
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Aaron McNeely
mamcneely@...
Mar 14, 2001 10:29 pm
You may want to try filling the aluminum tripod legs with clean sand. This worked wonders with my old C8 stainless steel tripod. This, coupled with Celestron ...
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John Hatton
john.hatton@...
Mar 15, 2001 9:22 am
By filling the legs with sand (and sealing the tops I assume) won't this add significantly to the weight of the mount ?. If I remember rightly the mount is not...
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eltopo@...
Mar 15, 2001 12:51 pm
Gary: I am using an alternate tripod assembly for my SV-Deluxe EQ mount. I remove the EQ head from the tripod legs and intall it in a heavy duty surveyor's...
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Mary
dsinger@...
Mar 15, 2001 4:08 pm
Bill, Someone on the 80f/5 group (Don - see photos below) sent in his idea about how to get around messing with the nuts and bolts of the accesory trays in the...
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Bill Mette
bmette@...
Mar 15, 2001 4:14 pm
Ah Ha! That's exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. Thanks Mary. -Bill...
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Bill Mette
bmette@...
Mar 15, 2001 6:54 pm
Antonio, I, for one, would be VERY interested in knowing how you adapted the SV-Deluxe EQ head to a surveyor's tripod. Any information you could post would be...
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Moravianus@...
Mar 16, 2001 4:01 am
Frank, a binoscope fever is the name of the disease I got recently. As other posters pointed out, the problem is bringing the pictures into your interpupilar...
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julip_djm@...
Mar 16, 2001 11:38 pm
The $2500 ca. price was per unit, or per pair? They are certainly well designed and thought through. DJ ... Therefore ... grasp ... some ... SV80...
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Moravianus@...
Mar 17, 2001 3:18 am
I am almost sure that is for the pair. You may email Joe to be certain. This is too much for me. I wonder (maybe Vic can comment)how difficult it would be for...
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vic@...
Mar 17, 2001 3:54 pm
I have been working on image erecting systems for a new 80mm Super Finder we are designing. I want to offer this as a lightweight scope with erect image. I was...
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dawong@...
Mar 17, 2001 5:34 pm
I have purchased some EMS backs and among other things am going to use them with two 80mm refractors. I was considering the Stellarvues but the wait was too...
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Moravianus@...
Mar 17, 2001 7:24 pm
... How much were they, Derek ? ... My (unimportant) voice for this ! ... copy the design! On page http://homepage2.nifty.com/bigbino/BigBino/matsumoto-e.htm ...
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dawong@...
Mar 17, 2001 10:24 pm
... I believe they are $2595 now, but don't quote me on this. The reason they are so expensive is the collimation mechanism. The 90 deg angle and the 2"...
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gp100doc@...
Mar 17, 2001 10:52 pm
Hello Vic, I am always interested in what the future may hold, and realizing that it is only speculation and possibilities, would you be willing to leak some...
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julip_djm@...
Mar 18, 2001 1:13 am
Thanks Dave. As a matter of fact, I have a sales shop for the EMS units in my 'backyard' one town away. I'll give him a call and take a look. I'll let you know...
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julip_djm@...
Mar 18, 2001 1:18 am
Hmmmm. I wonder if Tom Back (sorry Vic) could design a set of tubes to work right with these viewers? Obviously pricey, but I might ask! DJ ... use ... but ......
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dawong@...
Mar 18, 2001 2:22 am
... OK, here is the 80mm binoscope still in NY... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Stellarvue/files/80mm%20Binoscope.jpg By the way, I forgot Vic if you bring two...
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vic@...
Mar 18, 2001 2:47 am
The advantage of a small enterprise is the ability to change things and add new items very quickly. We are not hampered with huge inventories but this means a...
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vic@...
Mar 18, 2001 3:11 am
Some points of clarification: - In Stellarvue@y..., dawong@e... wrote: "It would be nice if Vic could design some special binoscope OTA's to help with this". ...
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dhennig@...
Mar 18, 2001 5:19 am
That is one sweet system there! I bet it would out do most 80mm binos out there... Darren....
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Moravianus@...
Mar 18, 2001 5:31 am
Derek: my interest was more whether it is OK to duplicate a pseudoEMS for a personal use. The inventor's idea is great but pitty that over 20 years a way for ...
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vic@...
Mar 18, 2001 7:28 am
Gary: I am very interested in this. We are designing a heavy wooden tripod for the larger mount we are making for the 102's. I would be very curious to hear...
