I did the same thing! TASCO 60mm refractor on a wood tripod in 1965. Still have it Don Anderson

Your machinists would not thank you ifyou started making your mounts out of titanium. VERY tough to machine,and your cutting tool budget would probably triple. How are your machinists doing duringthe

Good Points Joe. Are you Canadian ? I ask because youmentioned Scouting International. Anyway, the Boy Scouts of America offersan Astronomy merit badge that the scouts usually take at the summer

That's probably just unwinding the cables. I think you could take a series of pictures of polaris for several days at the North Pole.

Won't the motor trip a fault and stop if it hits with the clutch tight? I think I remember that happening to me once when my meridian flip time was off a little bit. Thanks, Charles Sent from

I couldn't help replying to the moans of mobile setup. I hear ya! I have a 1200. Its kinda heavy to setup, but works so very well, so solid... wind is not a problem at all. It is a pleasure to use.

Good to hear. But my clutches are snug tight with a key. I am getting in tonight to see what the fall out is if any. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

it is interesting, I had the issue that leaving theSky software sometimes get's the mount to start tracking again, which recently cause the mount to go for a few days... no damages, but resyncing

If the first requirement is capacity, you really want a bigger mount. A 400 would have maybe 1/2 the capacity of the Mach2, my guess. Rolando

Probably not. Especially if your clutches were not super tight. I left my Mach2 running all night last night, forgot to turn off power. This morning the scope was up against the pier. Nothing damaged

Hi All, It happened while I was sleeping and it was tracking on its target. I think it crashed maybe 5-10 min before I intervened. Did I do any damage? It scope is at a remote observatory 2100 miles

Why not just reissue the Mach 1? No development needed, just manufacturing capacity. All of the tooling is there. It's a much lower price point than the M2. If the manufacturing capacity is not

Very well put. And so true. My Mach1 gets heavier every year. Woody

I would love a 400 or 600 sized mount with very precise tracking! That sounds amazing. What do you think the capacity might be on something that size? David

US version https://www.scoutbook.com/mobile/references/boy-scouting/merit-badges/astronomy-merit-badge-requirements.asp Bryan

For those who are interested in making custom cases for their equipment, mycasebuilder.com is running a special. I just received an email from them that said: Happy case designing! Glenn

Titanium is hard to machine. Carbon fiber is more practical. right now we do have a lot of holes and machine away lots of internal bulk on the Mach2. The motors I chose are much heavier and larger

Point well taken Chris. I recently "loaned for as longas they needed it" my mid-power model rocket launch control systemto a local school for a project they were working on with the promise thatI

We will consider it. I am exploring some things that might work for our present mount. It would remove about 12.5 lb part from the mount head which would then be brought back together in the field

Very well said, Chris, I never thought of it, but you are right-on. Besides, an excellent scope and mount, like those from AP, will eventually pass from hand to hand – as teachers retire, or