(ATM) ATM Remember the 'Bigfoot' mount?

[manuell@cadvision.com]

I would like to discuss, ie, receive info about the BIGFOOT mount, a 
German equatorial available from an Arizona builder circa 1986.  I 
wrote then, and was informed that they would not ship out of state 
(?).

It looked a little like a sawhorse, very low to the ground at one 
end.  The 'beam' of the sawhorse pointed at the north pole.  It used 
very large (3" dia ? tubular?) shafts on ultra-high molecular weight 
(UHMW) polyethylene bearings (bushing type).  It was touted as 
strong enough for a 17.5" f/4.5, I believe.

I am thinking of a derivative design for a 12.5" f/8.  Suggestions 
welcome.  I can easily construct a Dob mt, but that is not the point 
of this note.  I am pondering a German equatorial.

Larry Manuel, Calgary, AB.