Kai - Joseph is the one who has the JMI Wheeley Bars, not me, so he will have to answer your question about it. Gary

Dale See inserted comments below Bryan ---In ap-gto@..., <dchooper5@...> wrote : I'm preparing to order an A-P 1100GTO within the next couple of months, so I hope you'll forgive me if these are

I would be interested. I have been on the wait list for years. I am in SF Thank you Carl Brosius . Fantastical interpretations of my perfect spelling courtesy of Apple.

If anyone has an interest in possibly acquiring a 10" AP Mak-Cass, please contact me offline. (Location California) Chris

General discussion of pier design takes me back to prior experiences. I have built a few piers over the years. The most stable is this in ap-ug: Len

Keep rocking, Rolando! (Marj too) Anthony. On 16-Dec-16 21:24, chris1011@... [ap-gto] wrote:

Hello Group, Take 5 please. This discussion should not involve other manufacturers. It is simply an answer to the question of whether I am going to retire soon and whether AP will be around in the

Hi Gary, Have you tight the eagle tripod somehow on the JMI Wheely? Do you get the special JMI one (HEAVY DUTY Medium Size Universal Style) for the eagle tripod? ;-) Thanks. -Kai On Friday,

fair enough, so to whomever has that expertise, I looking for and answer that is "good enough", or as we said in the old days "good enough for gummit work" or even just guidelines for "idiots" Steve

Gary, I have been using the JMI Wheeley Bars to move my MACH1GTO and Eagle Pier in and out of my garage so I can image from the driveway. I keep my imaging scope TV85 and guiding scope AT66 on the

Someone with Finite Elements and time on their hands can probably best answer that question. Rolando

I'm preparing to order an A-P 1100GTO within the next couple of months, so I hope you'll forgive me if these are obvious newbie questions. I've tried to get some info from the archives before

All metals and metalloids (like aluminum) have different thermalexpansion coefficients. Important in mount and lens cell designs but not very important inpier designs, IMHO. Christopher

A tapered hexagonal steel pier is a great choice. No need tofill it with anything and it will have excellent thermal characteristics. That is my usual recommendation to people who ask. An X-pier is

could you expand on what the CP4 adds to the horizon and meridian limits beyond what is available with APCC and the CP3 thanks

With all the discussion about piers, I personally don't recall anything about the thermal movement of aluminum. Steve W.

Rolando, Thank you for the explanation of the usage/purpose of the gussets. One question comes to mind would be how wide would they be relative to the height/diameter of the pier, I suppose also it

That seems the way to mount the PoleMaster on a Mach 1. Steve

Good idea. You never know. Could have large wheels for rough terrain.

Very very good image! A lot of faint stuff, and gorgeous colors. Rolando