Thanks Michelle,
I wasn't aware that Protostar offered a curved vane spider.
Kevin
> 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 09:57:08 2004