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Late last year I bought a used Paramount MX. After a long delay I am finally getting it going.
I reckon I am going to need an additional counterweight or to get an extension to the counterweight arm.
Has anyone some unused or unloved MX counterweights they want to sell?
I needed an extra weight for my Meade.
An old metal paint can, a kitchen stove and some scrap lead worked wonders. A wooden stick, well soaked in water, made a central hole which needed only slight tidying before the weight went over the shaft. No fastening screw so it is held between two of the original weights which can be fixed in position.
Acquiring scrap lead is not that difficult.
Cost me nothing but a bit of butane for the stove and 30 minutes of my time. I even found the can discarded on a building site.
Yeah, I noticed someone on Cloudy Nights took that approach. But its 50 years since I messed about with molten lead. Will give that some thought.
I saw a Software Bisque weight on line at £401. Eek!
Tempted to get a weightlifting weight (2″ bore) and try to put a mild steel collar of some sort in that – even I could run one up on a lathe.
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