From mini-pc mounting Hell . . . to mounting Nirvana!

For a number of years I have been using Velcro to mount my mini pc's and power boxes to my telescope. I picked up some 3-D printed clamps and attachments from Rouz Astro and in this video I put them together and mount my mini PC and Pegasus Astro Power Box Advanced 2 on my new telescope. And it works great!
Rouz Astro: rouzastro.com
My Astrophotography Gear
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro and Celestron branded LosmandyG-11 (being rebuilt)
Pier: Homemade pier, yeah!
Telescope (wide angle): Apertura 75Q, F/5.4, 405mm FL
Telescope (long): Third Planet Optics (TPO) 10" Newtonian F/4, 1000mm FL
Telescope (A bit longer): Third Planet Optics 6" RC f/9 1370mm FL
Guide Scope: Skywatcher Evoguide 50mm ED, F/4.8, 242mm FL
Guide Camera: Player One Neptune-M (IMX178 sensor, monochrome)
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290MM Mini
Astro Camera Monochrome: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Astro Camera Color: OGMA AP26CC
Filter Wheel: ZWO EFW 2" 7 position and ZWO EFW 2" 5 position
Rotator: Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator
Focuser: ZWO EAF (on each scope)
Power: Pegasus Pocket Powerbox Advance Gen 2 and Pegasus Pocket Powerbox Micro
Flat Panels: Deep Sky Dad Motorized Flat Panel, Wanderer 190mm motorized Flat Panel, Pegasus Astro Flatmaster 150, and a homemade one for my 10" Newtonian
Software Control PC: Mele Quieter 3 and Mele 3 Overclock C
My Astrophotography Software
Mount control software: Green Swamp Server (controls EQ6r Pro mount)
Mount control software: Gemini 2 (controls G-11 mount)
Pegasus Astro device management software: Pegasus Astro Utility Platform (controls all of my Pegasus Astro devices)
ASCOM 6.6 Platform
Acquisition software: NINA (lastest version)
Guiding software: Phd2 (latest version)
Planetarium software: Stellarium (latest version)
Plate solving software: ASTAP
Plate solving software: Plate Solve 2 and Plate Solve 3 from Planewave

[@RouzAstro]

Just saw this very informative review, excellent work! Thank you for sharing.

[@johnmacdougall4545]

Nice video. Thanks for posting this. I wish I knew about rouzastro about 6 months ago. I was able to find the mounts and adapters to mount my miniPC on top of the Pegasus powerbox but it took a lot of searching, trial and error...

[@DaveUrbanAstro]

Yea, I was in the midst of doing the same after my Velcro failures. But a fellow astrophotographer got some rings for his Tak E-160 and I thought that they looked great, so I went out and checked to see what was there and, well, here we are with a new mounting system. CS!

[@mr.b3054]

Nice product. I noticed Rouz offered 3d printed carbon fiber filled tube rings. I’m old school and would be nervous attaching an expensive telescope with plastic. Sometimes I think it is best to keep the weight of the computer, powerbox, and dew controller off the mount arm.

[@DaveUrbanAstro]

@mr.b3054 From my understanding, the tube rings have carbon fiber included as part of the process (not really sure, as I don't have any rings from Rouz Astro). But a fellow astrophotographer I know has them for his Takahashi Epsilon E-160 newt and it works great. I figure that if you can use them on a Tak, they must be OK. But I also live in Arizona, so not sure how well they work in the cold. But from what I have seen, and I did see the rings on his Tak, they look really good and he has had no problems with them. But as always, your mileage may vary. Clear skies!

[@jesuschrist2284]

Nasa space grade velcro is just more strips of velcro ;)

[@LogansAstro]

Looks like a great solution

[@indysbike3014]

Thanks for letting us know. You probably need a longer vixen dovetail because I don't think you can attach it to the mount.

[@DaveUrbanAstro]

@indysbike3014 I use Losmandy plates on the bottom of my telescopes, and vixen on the tops. What you saw in the video was the top of the telescope. I have converted all my telescopes to use a Losmandy plate for attaching to my mounts. I find that the Losmandy are more stable. Clear skies.

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Nice.

[@hael8680]

Good solution! What mini PC is this? It looks big!

[@DaveUrbanAstro]

It is the Mele Overclock 3C mini pc, unlike the Mele Quieter series, the overclock series is actively air cooled.

[@hael8680]

@@DaveUrbanAstro You are already wearing short sleeves at the beginning of March, I guess you need that cooling 😉 I need heating here 🤔