Re: [ATM] Unique New Equatorial Platform Design

[Jeff Lowe <lowe@nanotechsys.com>]

Dann:
Your choice of language {Claim,Unique etc} seem to indicate that you are 
seeking some sort of patent or IP protection for this and to this end 
you seem to be a little defensive. You have come to a forum for 
"practitioners skilled in the art" and by and large they are telling you 
that there is a large body of prior art and that what you have done, 
while being well implemented, is none the less an obvious combination of 
well known parts. Particularly telling is Michael's reference to Tom 
Fangrow's design : "Tom Fangrow...eliminated the falling weight by 
making the weight of the telescope press against the fluid medium...a 
polar aligned hinged platform... [references to Telescope Making 
magazine #27 spring 1986 and Sky & Telescope September 1985]"
One should never feel bad about reinventing the wheel if they have 
invented a particularly nice wheel exactly suited to their own needs.


Jeff Lowe




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