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Mike Maybe I've been spoilt with the old dob's base. Or maybe it's the new base.The base on this 12 has a triangular bottom baseplate with three feet. Anybody else with this setup? The top baseplate is a 65cm circle. I Checked out your scope Mike and yours are both round and no feet. Whats the diameter of yours? Your sliders are placed at the outer limits .The roller bearing setup has the rollers 150 mm from the centre.I chucked these in favour of the LP and teflon setup which is still 150mm from centre. Your wider slider placement is a better choice for these chipboard bases.The chipboard is 20mm thick. Is this the same size on the 8's and 10's. The 12 needs more than this to make it rigid.
Maybe I'm nit picking but I like to be able to pan the sky and when I stop the scope I like the view in the ep to stop with it.
Has anyone a bottom cover for the 12" tube they want to throw away?
. Geoff
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