Congratulations
Whatever you went through i reckon i will have twice, no ten, no a hundred times the difficulty. My wedge will be here on tuesday for my alt/az scope.
I wish i could plug a polar finder in but i dont think i can, anyway i hope i eventually get to where you are, but i dont know. No polar sight, no binnos, setup in a park 2km from downtown sydney.
Still its really good to hear that you tried and got there, i hope i do as well.
Paul