Pizza pie pan- Original Post++
| Subject: | Pizza pie pan- Original Post++ |
| From: | Rob Roy |
| Date: | Sat Mar 02 15:51:10 1996 |
Experiment with the best place to put the 1/2" hole for the bolt.
The upcurved lip makes a great place to hang your keypad no matter what side
of the scope you are on.
The plate also provides a great tray (just the right size) for placing
eyepieces, filters, small flashlights, etc. They cant roll off because of
the lip.
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I didnt find it necessary to take the bottom off to mark for the hole.
Place the pan on a bench and position your scope on that to "center" where
you want it to go. (The center of the pizza plate is NOT where you want to
drill the hole. You can then mark the outline of the scope on it and from
that calculate where the hole goes. The outline helps set the scope down in
actual use. I never made holes just to hold eyepieces.
When drilling through thin, soft Al, make sure that you have a backing of
wood behind it or the Al can get chewed all to #$%@*. My tray now is offset
to one side to accommodate a recessed heated tray 2.5x2.5x7.5" in which I
can place three 2" eyepieces upside down to keep them from fogging up when
in use. It also has two sets of holes, one for alt-az and and the other for
wedge use. The wedge setup has four holes including the three extras, one
of which carries the pin for az adjustment in my "ultrawedge." {:-^)
I have never fastened the plate permanently to the tripod. It is set on the
tripod with 1/2" bolt showing through and the scope is placed on that, then
leveling is done in two steps with the line level which rotates with the
scope. The "ultrawedge" has two line levels set at 90 degrees to each
other. I found that unless I were 8 tall, I could never see the bubble
level from above while I was adjusting the leg, anyway. When the bubble
level fell out, it stayed out. But now I digress. Hope this helps.
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Rob Roy Maker of LX200 joysticks
"Clear skies and sleepless nights."
a5817394@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
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