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AstroGoods.com: Which Mount?
About Our Mounts
sections below include:
Please
use the e-mail address above/right for question.
If
you are not familiar with terminology, please ask by e-mail and we will
clarify.
Dobsonian
Mount Choices
Easy to assemble.
Solid mounts assembly uses only
ten screws and ten dowels.
Collapsible mounts may ship assembled.
All holes predrilled and countersunk. Includes
all hardware, teflon pads and bearing laminates.
Weight Relief!
"I weighed the base you made for me and it was 23 lbs, a
full 10 lbs lighter than the stock particle board OEM base." DH.
(for OEM 12" Apertura mount.)
Standard
Solid Mounts
- Our
most economical mount.
This mount requires your telescope fits within specific set dimensions.
Custom mounts are made to fit your telescope.
Maximum
length of telescope tube from balance point (center of altitude
bearing) to bottom/mirror end 23 inches.
Maximum diameter of telescope tube: 13.1 inches, or 13.6 inches
from outside flat to flat if using tube in a ring set.
If you are unsure ask
here whether your telescope will fit.
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- Telescope tube
without altitude bearings or a ring set require drilling two 3/8"
holes at the balance point for mounting our included 12" altitude
bearings.
- Telescope tube
with existing altitude bearings: we may be able attach our 12"
altitude bearings to your existing bearings.
- Telescope tube
in a ring set: our altitude bearings can attach your ring set.
- Only eleven screws
and eight 3/8" wood dowels. Assembly is straightforward, easy and
we're happy to help if needed.
- Add optional manual
altitude and azimuth setting circles with pointers. Or order only an
azimuth setting circle.
- Arrive unassembled.
- Rough sanded with
80 grit sandpaper.
- Predrilled screw
and dowels holes.
- Altitude and azimuth
bearing laminate included, arrives attached but not glued.
- Altitude and azimuth
bearing Teflon included, predrilled and screwed in place.
- Assembly requires
Philips screwdrivers for #12 wood screws and #4 brass finish screws),
sandpaper, contact cement, 3/8" crescent wrenches, paint/finish.
Collapsible
Mounts
Clamshell
And Rotating Rings
Our
Process::
- You submit
a request for quote or order.
- We send
you a PayPal invoice within 72 hours with price, shipping costs
and shipping date estimate.
- Quote
is valid for 14 days.
- Ask any
questions at this point, we will reply promptly.
- Shipping
date is from time of your approval of design pdf (see below).
- To order
pay invoice.
- We will
respond with a confirmation e-mail containing a design date.
- Our manufacture process will begin:
- Design.
- Send
you a PDF drawing showing your order's component parts with
pertinent dimensions.
- You
review design. Ask questions, ask to modify, or give your
approval.
- Once
the design is approved, the ship date "clock"
starts.
- We
send you these benchmark production dates:
- CNC
cutting of parts.
- Dry
fitting and sanding parts.
- Inscribing
manual manual setting circles if ordered.
- Laminate
and Teflon installed.
- E-mail
invoice for paying any balance due.
- Shipping.
Quotes
are valid for 14 days. Benchmark and shipping dates are best estimates
based on materials availability.
Shipping
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Shipping
to domestic US via FedEx Home Delivery or US Postal Service
Ground delivery.
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Non-US
shipping destinations must meet dimensional packaging size restrictions.
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