Counterweights

More Information Price $699.00 Shipping $29.95 Weight 35 lbs. Warranty 1 year

As an example, the Meade 16" ACF optical tube (a weight of 140 pounds) requires four 35 pound counterweights to balance on the MAX mount with most expected instrumentation payloads. However, adding a separate photoguide scope requiring rings and an additional dovetail mounting plate, plus a heavy CCD equipment train, etc., may require an additional counterweight or counterweights to balance properly. The Meade 20" ACF OTA (a weight of 190 pounds) requires five 35 pound counterweights.

The MAX mount’s counterweight shaft is a stainless steel threaded rod 1.5" in diameter with six threads per inch. This 35 pound Meade counterweight is equipped with a pushbutton for quick release that lets you slide the counterweight(s) to the approximate correct location on the shaft. Once positioned in the rough location, the pushbutton is released to allow the counterweight(s) to spin up and down on the mount’s threaded counterweight shaft to achieve a fine balance.