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Originally Posted by rrussell1962
I tried a couple of things Morton. Eventually as a first satisfactory fix I just made up a bolt with the correct thread and length to screw into the centre hole on the mount. It was tight enough that the base did not shift and move in Azimuth on the tripod head when I manually moved the mount or slewed. What I eventually ended up doing was buying a length of threaded rod and a couple of wing nuts and making a triangular plywood spreader for the legs to tension them against the chain. Works nicely. Does it make sense though?
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Interesting. I didn't know the mount had a centre hole. I've watched the assembly video by Orion Telescopes in the US and that showed three screws from the tripod head into the base of the mount. I assumed the Skywatcher version was the same. A centre hole would make things easier. Can you remember the thread of the hole?
EDIT: In the Orion video you can briefly see there's a central hole but no mention is made of it.
Also, does the mount itself really support a C8 adequately?