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Originally Posted by rrussell1962
I am trying my Nexstar 8se OTA on the Skywatcher Star Discovery mount. The Skywatcher tripod is woeful, but I swapped it out for a Bosch Surveyors tripod from Bunnings for around $90. One snag is that the mounting is on the "wrong" side of the tube so the focusser is above the visual back. A 2 inch diagonal will not fit unless the focal reducer is used. The standard 1.25 inch visual back and diagonal is fine. The tripod needed a bit of work - spread limiter made from cheap chain but it is very steady - much better than the Celestron Nexstar mount. The "Freedom Find" absolute encoders make the set up very practical and very efficient in terms of power usage.
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Did you just swap the legs and keep the Skywatcher tripod head? The mount base takes three screws doesn't it?