Good to know that the fit on your mount
and pier is good. I have to think about getting one of the flat plate adapters
for my pier. I am still using the original 8-inch pier that I bought with
my 800 mount in 1992 and the fit of the 1100 mount base is pretty sloppy.
It was not long after I got my 1100 mount that I noticed that the mount
base would tilt about 1/16" after the counterweights and scope were
installed. You can see the gap between the base of the mount and the top
of the pier in the picture below.
I have mostly solved the problem by
hand scraping the top of the pier to make it perfectly flat and then upgraded
to NORD-LOCK washers. I may eventually install some dowel pins to positively
hold the mount base in position on the pier.
Best Regards
Michael Hambrick
ARLANXEO
TSR Global Manufacturing Support
PO Box 2000
Orange, TX 77631-2000
Phone: +1 (409) 882-2799
email: mike.hambrick@...
