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I too have the same steel tripod from AOE, but bought as a unit with an F8 6" refractor & the eq5 mount.
With the 6" OTA sitting on it, it is a bit rickety. I ended up putting a counter weight on the EP end of the OTA so it rides higher in the cradle, & then lowering the whole thing on it's telescopic legs. The weakest part of the tripod is at the junction point on the telescopic legs.
With the legs at full extension, I get a 15 sec. dampening time.....rather annoying! Sinse I've lowered it it's down to 3 seconds. The next trick is to fill the legs with sand.
Asimov
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