Re: Initial Setup of the Mount
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if i'm following this correctly, your non-losmandy legs have only a center bolt and you've had to figure out workarounds for getting it to not rotate on top of the tripod?
Boy that sounds like a great argument for going with losmandy tripod!
Well
then..
I did it that way, because no matter how tight I
tightened the center bolt (when I first got the mount), once I added the 38
pound G11 and 30 pounds or so of equipment, the T handle under the spreader bar
would invariably not be as tight as it was.. At that point I could not apply
the wrench to hold the nut anymore, since the mount ¨C obviously ¨C
hides it..
??? To
make it ¡°better¡±, I learned that as soon as you think your tripod
has the legs spread and it¡¯s level, and everything is tight, to go around
to each leg and pick it up slightly and set them ack down.. Then retighten
everything.. Then load the mount and equipment and it is LIKELY to remain all
tight..
??? Then,
just in case it ever came loose again.. I put the three screws in so the MA
Adapter wouldn¡¯t rotate if the center bolt wasn¡¯t snug enough from
all the slewing of the telescope I do..
??? It
didn¡¯t want it to change azimuth and ruin my extensive drift alignment..
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This
is,also, why I asked a while back about using a compass so that when I set the
mount down initially, I make sure to do it well enough to have adequate range
on the Azimuth adjuster..
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Derek
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Derek,
To me, discussion are flows of thought. As long as the water keeps flowing, why
dam it up?
Never had a Meade myself. But I've been to .
Yep, I am incorrigible. Sorry Dude.
-- Brian?
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