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Subject: Re: [M]: lx200:help with 10 inch and 12 inch
From: AstroDesigns-Ed Stewart
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Thu Sep 11 00:49:23 1997

Graham Warrellow wrote:

> I've already had a few hairy moments with the 10" and I imagine
> that those extra pounds on the 12" OTA probably makes it even more
> nerve-wracking as you have to hoist it up onto a larger tripod.

Graham--

Not sure from all the posts if you are using a wedge or not. If not, I
designed a simple accessory shelf that has alignment (register) pins to
put the scope base over the centre bolt everytime. Go to the link below
and select the third button "Meade LX200 Accessory Shelf Design".

--
Ed Stewart, Austin, TX <stargzer@austin.cc.tx.us>
Topical Archive of Mapug (Meade Adv. Products Users Group)
Tripod Sled, Accessory/Alignment Shelves, Equatorial Wedge, Wedge
Stablizer, DobDriver II Installation & 2-D Counterweight designs for
Meade and other telescopes available at:
<http://www.austin.cc.tx.us/astro-ES/AstroDesigns/>




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