It is a fairly large mount. I looked at the photo of the components in the JMI case on their website and was surprised. Not a lot of extra room in there! I've ordered extra counterweights but will probably make a "caddy" for them, similar to the JMI unit, rather than stash them in the big aluminum case- it's going to be heavy enough with just the equatorial head in there. I'm still looking for a soft case or bag for the tripod; Orion probably has something close. Speaking of Orion soft cases, I picked up one that they advertise as being for a tripod, but it just happens to fit the 100mm ED scope perfectly. They don't list a case for the 100mm ED (standard model) at all. I had to compare dimensions and found the tripod bag. The padding is exactly the same thickness as that in the bag I bought from them a few years ago for my 80mm ED. On 5/8/10, Rob Ratkowski Photography <ratkwski@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
sounds like a big mount more G11 sized which I have in a 1550 case w/ plenty of room for a few extras I have the CW's in a small hand carry case small and about 40lbs it surprises folks when they want to help set up ;^)
IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE! So, the cloudy weather this week is courtesy of me. Sorry. That gives me time to read the manual and hopefully know a little about what I'm doing, the first time I set it up under the stars. BTW, it looks like I can re-use the die-cut foam that the mount was shipped in, in the surplus military aluminum case I bought from Sportsman's Guide. Just trim it slightly to fit.
This mount is much larger than I had pictured it in my mind's eye. With the legs fully extended, it will easily handle my refractors. Tonight I learned that if you want to mount Orion tube rings on a Losmandy dovetail, you have to re-tap the rings with a 1/4-20 thread (the Orion rings are metric). No big deal. I suppose I could have gone in search of a metric allen screw instead, but lacked the patience. I have the 100mm ED on there right now and am getting ready to flip the switch. I've got a 2 amp power supply on-hand that works perfectly.
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Chuck Hards