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Originally Posted by raymo
Jeff, If you put a bit of upward effort onto the bottom of the counterweights
with one hand, whilst rotating the altitude bolt with the other, it will make adjustment much easier, and hugely extend the life of the threads on the bolt, and inside the mount. A smear of grease on the thread is of course a good idea.I did this for eight yrs with my HEQ5 and never had a problem. A better system would be good, but it is a budget level mount that
actually does a damn good job for the price.
raymo
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Thanks Raymo. Not a bad idea, those bolts are TIGHT.
In this day and age I am surprised that someone doesn't make a mount that does it all automatically. Plug it in, the gps finds it's spot, it looks at the time and date, it looks up and sees some stars, identifies them, says 'here I am, there is celestial south (or north).. makes a few whirrs and buzzes, and is on it's way. I realise that's quite lazy of me but it seems that we are still doing things old school to begin with.'
Tonight is clear... despite the wind I'll be out giving it another go after a near terminal hissy fit the other night