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Our Design       

  • Every mount is custom built . . .
    to match your telescope's design specifications.
  
Collapsible mounts
  • Quick and easy set up and take down.
  • Fold flat, to 5 inches.
  • Fits easily in car trunk, seat, floorboard.
  • Stores unobtrusively in house or garage.
  
Standard mounts
  • All mating surfaces are screwed and glued.
  • Screw heads are hidden under flush plug caps (new feature).
  • Maximizes rigidity.
Telescope Types

  • Dobsonian.
  • Equatorial Newtonian.
  • Maksutovs.
  • Schmidt Newtonian.
  • Mak-Newtonian.
  • Refractors.
  • NEW: Meade Lightbridge.
  • Other custom requests.
  
Mak-Newtonian
Meade Lightbridge
Solid tube Dob

Materials
  • Wood: ApplePly - combines light weight and stiffness.
    Most commercial telescope bases use heavy, porous particle board.
  • Bearings Surfaces: Ebony star and virgin Teflon.
  • Hardware: Locking knobs in brass wood inserts secure collapsible bases ridigly. Stainless steel 3/8-16 bolt, flanged bushing, embedded t-nut and lock nut provide secure rotation without bolt contacting wood surface.
  • Finish: Up to eight coats of professional sprayed satin polymer.

O
ther
  • Clamshell rings (allows rebalance and rotation of your telescope).
  • Wood altitude bearings (use equatorial rings on Dobsonian mount).
  • We will install a complete Sky Commander Digital Setting Circle system.
  • We can add Hardware to allow use of your existing Sky Commander.
 
Pricing
(all prices are per item)
Questions?

Call us at Resource International

408 947-1968

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Mon-Fri.

Or e-mail us.
  Solid or Collapsible Mounts for up 13.1" telescopes.
$310.00  
  Clamshell rings with altitude bearings.
$275.00  
  Altitude bearings (if your telescope has existing rings).
$80.00  
  Add Sky Commander digital setting circles.
$465.00  
  Hardware to use your existing Sky Commander.
$160.00