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Takahashi TOA-150 on AP 900GTO ?
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N. Foldager
I want to attach my Takahashi TOA-150 refractor to my 900GTO.
I could purchase an appropriate dovetail and a Losmandy saddle. However, the quick release is not important as this will be a permanent setup. Should I make a heavy aluminum base plate for the TAK rings and scrue it directly on the 900GTO? Can such a plate be purchased? (I cannot CNC machine it myself) I imagine that such a plate will be even more rugged than a dovetail- saddle system, but may be wrong. What do you think? Any experiences? Any suggestion or comment is highly appreciated. Best regards, Niels Foldager
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Edd Weninger
AP makes several plates for the 900 with a variety of bolt patterns.
See their website. The AP rings for my AP155 bolt directly to the plate. If you're lucky, the Tak rings might also. If they don't you might only have to drill a few holes for the Tak bolt pattern. Or see if AP rings will fit your Tak. --- In ap-gto@..., "nfoldager" <nf@...> wrote: scrue it directly on the 900GTO?dovetail- saddle system, but may be wrong. What do you think? Any experiences?
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Joe Mize
Niels, if you do have a plate made one of the most critical aspects you'll have to remember is the "exact" alignment of the holes
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for the attachment of both the mount and the OTA. You want to maintian orthanoglity. Choose a 'good' machinest...joe :)
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From : nfoldager[mailto:nf@...] Sent : 4/26/2007 5:48:11 AM To : ap-gto@... Cc : Subject : RE: [ap-gto] Takahashi TOA-150 on AP 900GTO ? I want to attach my Takahashi TOA-150 refractor to my 900GTO. I could purchase an appropriate dovetail and a Losmandy saddle. However, the quick release is not important as this will be a permanent setup. Should I make a heavy aluminum base plate for the TAK rings and scrue it directly on the 900GTO? Can such a plate be purchased? (I cannot CNC machine it myself) I imagine that such a plate will be even more rugged than a dovetail- saddle system, but may be wrong. What do you think? Any experiences? Any suggestion or comment is highly appreciated. Best regards, Niels Foldager To UNSUBSCRIBE, or for general information on the ap-gto list see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-gto Yahoo! Groups Links
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jjbadal2003
-Neils. I think the TOA150 is 179mm diamter, so 155 rings wont fit.
Parallax makes rings for TOA150. You could use those with the terrific and well priced AP 15inch ribbed plate. I think Socalastro makes a TOA150 ring also (or at least used to). Joe -- In ap-gto@..., "nfoldager" <nf@...> wrote: scrue it directly on the 900GTO?dovetail- saddle system, but may be wrong. What do you think? Anyexperiences?
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flyrcairplanes
Hello,
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I posted this question a while ago so you might want to check for those suggestions as well. I ended up getting the Parallax rings specifically for the TOA 150 and attaching them directly to Losmandy DAP5. I then have a TV60is riding on top. This all sits on the AP Dove08. This works really well for me and I am imaging at the TOA 150's native focal length. FWIW. Jeff
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