But Jim, it's not just a piece of iron my man, it's custom cast with LOSMANDY in it.
That costs more.
I remember seeing some Stainless Steel counter weights once. But they were way more. I think they were for an AP mount, and $125 each.
I needed some smaller weights for my defunct AVX mount. I took a chopped Jalipeno can, and a Tuna can, and cast them full of lead. Came up with ~9#'s.
Worked great. Looked like crap, but it was a POS mount anyway. The OEM 11 pound for the AVX hit the elevation screw handle when it swung in the RA axis. Great design!
Nobody ever said anything, hard to see them in the dark. ;^)
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SonnyE
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