>
>John, thanks for the info, especially about the DEC vs RA importance in
>polar alignment. Others I queried (Dick and Doc G) advised that sending
>this back to Meade for a finer alignment is risking more damage than this
>minor problem represents.
>
>I read the archives as well on adjusting the fork arms.

This part of the archives is badly in need of updating. The method appears
to be an early attempt, and is much more complicated that it needs to be.
See <http://geocities.com/jmmahony/LX10/forkalign.html> for a greatly
streamlined method for wedge mounted scopes.
-John

> I'll first do some
>careful checks to see how close they are (first with measuring goto
>accuracy, then via some of the other tests if that shows up being off) to
>see if I even have an issue. I probably don't have a goto issue as initial
>tests with gotos have been pretty good except for planets, which were close
>(and that's apparently expected behavior).
>
>Thanks for the spinning in RA test. I had seen that before, but hadn't yet
>tried it. If I do have an issue, I'll adjust the DEC circle to get it
>right.
>

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