Protostar also offers the curved vein secondary support. After using many
of their spider mounts, I would recommend getting one from them if you do
decide to go with a curved support. Bryan makes his units with exceptional
precision and excellent mechanisms to make adjustments for collimation. The
clutch feature alone makes them worth the few extra dollars.
Michelle Stone
ATM Components and
Custom Telescopes by Plettstone
http://www.plettstone.com/telescopes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@seds.org [mailto:sf-bay-tac-bounces@seds.org]On
> Behalf Of grimly_fiendish@comcast.net
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 9:27 AM
> To: sf-bay-tac@seds.org
> Subject: [TAC] Spiders (off topic)
>
>
> Recently I have begun building a 16" truss tube telescope and I
> have asked and received help from several people on this list
> with materials and parts. I have gotten to the point where I have
> to decide on a spider and I was first considering purchasing a
> Protostar as they come highly recommended by several people, but
> recently I came across the curved vane spider and was wondering
> if anyone has used one and if the claims are true. I would
> appreciate any advice, please reply to me off list.
>
> Clear skies,
>
> Kevin
>
>
Received on Fri Apr 30 09:54:11 2004