There was a change done to address a potential vibration problem. To his
credit, Sam Johnson sent the mod out to all previous owners. Mine came with
it.
Don't know if this is what happened to your friend. A 16" or 150 lb scope is
the stated limit for the type V. Maybe that is a factor as well.
-Leonard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Wagner" <mgwagner@No-Spam>
To: "tac" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 5:39 PM
Subject: [TAC] Re: Anyone interested in discount on Johnsonian Equatorial
Platform?
> Albert Highe (ahighe@No-Spam) said:
>
> >Alan Adler and I carefully evaluated Leonard Tramiel's new Johnsonian
> >equatorial platform and liked it a lot.
>
> Hmmmm.... a friend got one, and had to incorporate a mod in order to make
> it work to his satisfaction with his new 16" Dob. Maybe it handles
smaller
> scopes better.
>
> Mark