[Jen]

Originally Posted by Tinker

Had a disaster recently. Received a new EQ6 mount, never owned a GEM before, and hastily set it up to try it out with my refractor.

I was thinking this didnt take long to set up, I'll try a polar alignment!

Slewed the mount and bang, refractor upside down saying hello to the tripod legs. You guessed it, forgot in my haste to add the big white heavy weights to the other end of the mount.

Broke the focusser, but after after a bit of fiddling it kind of works ok now. A good lesson learnt!

Tinker i felt your pain when i read that awwwwwww but one day when i get a EQ6 mount i will remember that thanks cheers