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Originally Posted by Marios
My main issue is the NEQ6 polished legs skide slightly on hard surfaces when adjusting the lattitude bolts on my rig.
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On hard surfaces I weigh down the tripod as much as I can (my not-so-slight build is an advantage there), then tighten the spreader nut, weigh it down some more, tighten the spreader some more, etc. After a few iterations the tripod has lost much of its slack and springiness. I then align it south and level it roughly. After I put the mount and scope on top I tighten the spreader some more and that takes care of any movement in the legs.
It is of course very important to keep the leg extension as small as possible. Extended legs are very difficult to get rigid, and lead to much increased dampening times at the eyepiece (after giving the OTA a slight whack).
Cheers
Steffen.