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Giro Altaz Tripod Mount Heads
Super-Compact / Light / Solid / Low Cost / Goto ready / CCD ready / silk smooth
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GR2 Deluxe single arm $310. GR2 Deluxe twinarm $349.
Baby these are ROCK-SOLID - I assure your money-back if you have any problem whatsoever. -DM/Tech2000.
Twinarm shown with accessories - Stainless Universal Mount Plate and Counterweight Shaft 20mm for Vixen weights etc.
Bottom female bolt thread available in either 10mm or 3/8-16 depending on the tripod you mount upon.
Dull Silver standard, optional black annodize $55 extra.
Many adapters for telescopes, dovetail plates, and tripod mounts are described Below. The 2 screws on the end of the arm visible in the photo are spaced 35mm (1-3/8") and are 6mm threads - which is the standard for a very large number of telescope tube mountings. We can fit anything to it at Tech2000.
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~ Telescope Mounting Adapters ~
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Universal Stainless Steel Telescope Adapter Plate shown above on the left - $55
You can adapt-mount anything with that one but check below first.
Counterweight Shaft Stainless Steel shown above on the right. For either single or twin-arm. If an instrument weighs >10 Lb then it should have the counterweight shaft added even if you do not use weights on the shaft. If two instruments are mounted on a twinarm head then the counterweight shaft is recommended only if the DIFFERENCE between the two loads is > 10 LB. For use of the Dob-Driver motor unit shown below, you should get a counterweight shaft whether you use a single-arm or a twinarm mount because the balance is more important then and your desire to "play" with multiple devices on this mount will surely be a force you will have a hard time to resist. 20mm (.785") dia. by 250mm (9.75") length. 10mm male thread screws into mount arm, free end has 6mm female thread for adding even more parts or a weight or yet another instrument bracket - $30
Mizar painted aluminum Universal Plate for tube ring mounting - $50
Quick Exchange dovetail clamp for Vixen/Celestron/Mead etc. dovetails (up to 2" rail widths) - $87
(Note- these are the higher quality ones from Baader Planetarium, vs. Celest & Vixen)
Instrument-tube rails for Vixen/Celest/homemade etc. 2" wide dovetail fits clamp above. $48
Heavy-Duty Quick Exchange dovetail clamp for up to 3" rail widths - $159
Hardshell plastic case fits mount, adapter plates, clamps, weight shafts, laser foam cut - $65
(Note- this case does not accomodate a GiroDrive drive unit if mounted to Giro)
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Custom adapter between a special black-annodized GR2 DX mount head with a Vixen/Celestron 10mm base thread, and Bogen heavy-duty tripod with its' 3/8"bolt thread. Typical price is only $48-$99 for custom-machining like this but it is usually not needed except for very-particular customer needs. The 6061-T6 aircraft grade aluminum adapter is actually mated in two parts - but the seam is barely visible naked eye - due to the precision machining provided by Paul Schulden at Tech2000.
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Composit photo of 20 images, showing the many ways we adapt telescope mountings, rings, and drives to Giro mount heads and tripods. It is a piece of cake! We mean easy, your cake probably looks more tasty than this photo.
Part Engineering & design and product engineering/design/fab are available via our parent corp. Techni-Digital Design, Inc.
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DDR2-GR2 $649
Clamps on to any existing Giro mount head, hex key provided with a very nice installation and operation manual, and carries all of the features of Dob-Driver II by Tech20000. All accessories are available for Dob-Driver II such as Roboscope PC-link and ccd autoguider interface. Dual-axis drive corrector and HRG-2x is already istalled as standard for super smooth tracking. According to Rolf, the President of Tele-Optic "the device tracks impressively with high accuracy - you did a great job!
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Goto with a Tele-Vue Genesis-101 and Gibraltar tripod. Our 12v battery is the counterweight. Everything moves with the mount head -no cable tangles!
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Twin Solar tracking at Astrofest '01, with white filter on Genesis-101 and Coronado filter on Tak Sky-90. GR2 twinarm head & Giro Driver.
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With a C8 on the Giro head and Dob-Driver II tracking.
DDR2-GR2 for Giro.
Tech2000: Thanks I received it! One wide field, one high-power light bucket, is a dream to use! This pic using a C8 on a Giro mount with your superb GiroDrive. -Oldfield
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"Quick-Draw"
Tech2000 compact pier mounts new in 2004.
Compliant with a wide variety of mounting heads.
"10 seconds to Rock-Solid !"
It really does set up in 5 seconds - this collapsing pier also stowes at 7x7x38" in 5 seconds.
Adjustable height 5 seconds 39-57" Only 11 Lb - can carry 50 Lb!
(100LB payload in aluminum version and 4" taller)
Integral dampening and no-corrode aircraft aluminum alloy legs at a solid 1/8" thick. The optional Quick-Chuck 5-second adapters on top can be specified to fit various mount heads like Giro, mead Lxd etc., Celestron, TMB, AP, Intes, Vixen, TV, SV, Maks, SCTs, small Dobs, etc. Stiffer stronger lighter faster and cheaper than mounts over twice the price! (We think ours are the prettiest).
With its super-convenience and super-rigidity at this low price, this mount is just as suitable for our 80mm Stellar-Vue refractors as it is for the big-guns like TV/AP and TMB, TEC, and all the SCT's.
Tech2000 does custom machining on-site to fit any customer need.
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TECH2000, 69 Ridge St. South, Monroeville, OH 44847
PH: USA 419-465-2997 FX: USA 419-465-2484 EM: tddi@accnorwalk.com
http://homepages.accnorwalk.com/tddi/tech2000/
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