Chris Heapy wrote...
<snipped all of msg dealing with dome nuts on LX200 field tripod>
> >Chris Heapy
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
my response <mostly snipped>For my own curiosity--just what is a "SS
shaft"? (my formal edu is> financial, not mechanical)
> Gene Ducote (Charleston, SC)

Chris Heapy responded: >Sorry, Stainless Steel. There is an upside to
>removing the slop in the worn holes, you know how it's sometimes tricky
>to get the legs in the right position to lock them in place with the
>center knob? - this is because the pivots are loose in the holes. Mine
>now swing out into exactly the right position, there is no side play, >and
the tripod locks up more firmly.
>Chris
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Re: removing the slop, etc. Yep--I understand now what you are describing.
I DO have that condition--I thought it was "flexure"
of the tripod legs--after tightening that hand-knob down, I pull
slightly on the bottom of the legs at ground level and can usually get a
very slight movement--so next opportunity I have (when the OTA/fork
is removed), I'll check for the condition you describe.

Thanks for the clarification,
Gene Ducote (Charleston, SC)

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