Article: A Simple Polar Alignment Jig for a GEM Tripod

[iceman]

Hi all

Trevor Hand (OneOfOne) has written a great how-to on building A Simple Polar Alignment Jig for a GEM Tripod.

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A Simple Polar Alignment Jig for a GEM Tripod (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=63,499,0,0,1,0)

Thanks to Trevor for writing the article.

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[iceman]

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[Geoff45]

Great (and simple) idea to use a permanent jig. I always end up in the position of looking for a piece of timber, locating my compass and trying to remmember if positve declination means E or W of true north. This is a no-think solution and and welcome considering there is already too much thinking to do in setting up scopes.
Geoff