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Subject: Re: "First" Light!
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sat Feb 24 01:48:21 1996

At 10:41 PM 2/23/96, Tom Mote wrote:
>Howard and the unnamed newbie,
>I learned to always leave my clutches UNLOCKED the night that I slipped
>and fell against the tube of the 10" LX200 that I had at that time. I
>heard the most horrible screaming of gears that I think I have ever heard
>in my life... Your velcro strip is
>a much better solution than locking the axes.

How 'bout tightening the locks only very slightly, just enough to prevent
the tube from wobbling around but not enough to take any real force?

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Bill Arnett                 "Science is a way of trying
San Jose, CA  USA            not to fool yourself."      -- Feynman
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