We Northern Hemisphere natives really need an Argo, because - unlike the southern sky - most of our DSOs are small and faint and we NEED help finding them.
From other products and postings here and on other forums, I poached the idea and design and improvised a mounting pole for my Argo on my GSO dob. Actually, I hammered out the description as an article and submitted it -with a few pics- as an article a few days back...it might be appearing on the Articles section this week, I dunno, maybe longer b/c my formatting was probably amateurish.
Bunnings near my home had some gear that conveniently needed very little modifications to make it work. Some Al tubing, etc. Had some Teflon pads left over (and the stock pads removed from my GSO dob) and made a rotating top for the pole for the Argo with those and some bolts and lock nut. That, and duct tape, and it wasn't that hard even for (all-thumbs) me, and I'm not kidding about being all thumbs...
It is really nice to have a non-tube mounted place for the Argo. On the tube, however you mount it, the angle kept changing and I'd have to tilt my head to read the display, or move the Argo. I always fret about it falling and breaking...the thing is as expensive as a nice telescope, after all.
But the Argo is a work of art. I was intimidated by that manual, too, but after learning the setup and troubleshooting common issues, really, you need to reference the manual only rarely. Plus, Gary K at Wildcard is a saint when it comes to customer service, and if he's out of touch (rarely) you can get all your answers at the argo_navis Yahoo group...
Scott