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Re: Info Mount Losmandy height adjustment

 

Tom,

I've never tried 2 washers so I'm not sure what the effect would be.? Recognize that you're trying to obtain a balance between wanting two surfaces to hold tight (so that telescope motion is not perturbed by any mount instability) while also simultaneously having the freedom to freely adjust Az/El.? If anything, I would probably want to use washers with as much surface area as possible to do this.? Stainless might be a little smoother than steel washers so I would expect that to help in this regard.? Nylon is generally even smoother.? However, I think that slightly changing the torque on those bolts might have more impact than a second washer.??

It took me a while to get a feel for the right amount of adjustment on those bolts and in this regard, I replaced the Elevation hex bolts with some push-button adjustable handled bolts to make that step easier.

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Paul



On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 3:41?PM Thomas Bianchi via <thomas.bianchi81=[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks Paul,
but if I put stainless washers the resistance is the same or it also depends on the material, i.e. in this case the original ones seem not to be stainless steel. If I wanted to replace them with stainless washers would the results change?
So from what I cpaired anyway better to use two washers, do you confirm?

Thank you.
Regards,
Thomas Bianchi

Il giorno dom 1 set 2024 alle ore 12:05 Thomas Bianchi via <thomas.bianchi81=[email protected]> ha scritto:
Hi, I wanted to ask a question but more of a curiosity....
I noticed that Losmandy mounts up to about 2005/2008 had one of the two screws with two washers, which in current mounts for example are no longer present i.e. there is only one for each screw. What was the purpose of the two washers, just to identify it from the top adjusting one or as a special shim and if so, what were they used for over the years?
?I enclose a photo of a not recent Losmandy G11 taken from the Internet for better understanding.
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