I was refering to Troy as he said his ST80 sits on top of his ED80, but your saying that yours is side by side so obviousely it wont work for him either.
Wow, how heavy is an ed80, I have an 8" newt with dslr and an st80 with a DSI II and manage to balance it perfectly side by side. Ah, but then I'm able to slide my newt up and down the rings for balance I imagine that you can do that with somthing as short as an ED 80. The penny drops.
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Originally Posted by iceman
Mine is a side-by-side setup. that's not the issue.
When you attach a DSLR to the end of the ED80, it puts a lot of weight at one end which swings easily unbalanced in the DEC axis.
Something is needed to balance the other end of the ED80 on the DEC axis.
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On my dob, i use some magnets I got from a window washer, you know the ones do both sides of the window at the same time and an old socket set. I wrapped the square magents in white gaff tape so as not to scratch the scope. If i need more weight I add a nother socket/wratchet. Does the job nicely and you can be really precise with it because the sockets come in different sizes.