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?

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 – obviously – 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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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sonny Edmonds
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 3:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Initial Setup of the Mount

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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.

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Virus-free.

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