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Raven 1.8m with polar mount to recommend? Someone experience?
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<blockquote data-quote="archive10" data-source="post: 993030"><p>Interesting thing with this mount is that the only visible difference between the 1.2 and the 1.8 is the metal frame attaching to the dish.</p><p>Everything else looks the same.</p><p>One approach is to make a couple of extension bars yourself, and get the 1.2 mount.</p><p></p><p>The trick here, you see, is to make a differentiator.</p><p>The original Channel Master polar mount for th 120 is similar to the 180 polar mount, except the steel is different thickness and bushings and bearing are different.</p><p>In other words: A completely different mount.</p><p>But it is of course easier to make a single mechanism, and make it work for multiple reflectors ( which is what SSS seems to have been doing ).</p><p></p><p>The real core is whether the price for a PM holding a 180 is 1000 pounds more than a PM holding a 120...</p><p>It's the same with cars - the real, and I do mean real, difference between a 1.6 and a 2.4 litre engine is almost nothing if you look at the amount of steel going into the motor block, or the size of the pistons etc.etc. Difference is (cost-wise) negligible.</p><p>Same with PMs - the real difference in the amount of steel and bearing that go into a PM is approaching zero. Zilch. next-to-nothing!</p><p></p><p>All comes down to value you get - do you feel that the 1000 pounds spent more on a 180 PM makes the difference from a 120 PM?</p><p></p><p>Dunno. Go figure....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archive10, post: 993030"] Interesting thing with this mount is that the only visible difference between the 1.2 and the 1.8 is the metal frame attaching to the dish. Everything else looks the same. One approach is to make a couple of extension bars yourself, and get the 1.2 mount. The trick here, you see, is to make a differentiator. The original Channel Master polar mount for th 120 is similar to the 180 polar mount, except the steel is different thickness and bushings and bearing are different. In other words: A completely different mount. But it is of course easier to make a single mechanism, and make it work for multiple reflectors ( which is what SSS seems to have been doing ). The real core is whether the price for a PM holding a 180 is 1000 pounds more than a PM holding a 120... It's the same with cars - the real, and I do mean real, difference between a 1.6 and a 2.4 litre engine is almost nothing if you look at the amount of steel going into the motor block, or the size of the pistons etc.etc. Difference is (cost-wise) negligible. Same with PMs - the real difference in the amount of steel and bearing that go into a PM is approaching zero. Zilch. next-to-nothing! All comes down to value you get - do you feel that the 1000 pounds spent more on a 180 PM makes the difference from a 120 PM? Dunno. Go figure.... [/QUOTE]
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