Re: Celestron CGE mount question

My Brown & Sharpe calipers measure the CGE counterweight shaft to be
1.245" dia.

Edd Weninger


Clayton E. Cramer wrote:
> It appears that the Celestron CGE mount uses the same dimensions for
> counterweight shaft and toe saver as the Losmandy mounts (1.25"
> diameter, 3/8"-16 threads). At least one person with a Celestron CGE
> tells me that the shaft is 1.24" diameter. Does anyone with a Celestron
> CGE and a micrometer feel like telling me what numbers they are seeing?
>
> I build a product that fits the Losmandy mounts (at
> http://www.scoperoller.com/#QuickReleaseLM)--and it looks like it might
> fit the Celestron CGE as well. But if the CGE actually uses a 1.24"
> diameter counterweight shaft, I am going to have to make these a few
> thousandths smaller.
>
> Clayton E. Cramer
> http://www.scoperoller.com

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