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Nicholas, the easiest and best way is to save your pennies and buy an EQ mount when one comes up. I have both and the EQ mount is far more stable then the fork by a long shot. My LX200 (much stiffer than an LX90) used to vibrate at the slightest hint of wind and this will ruin any pics you are trying to take. The lengths I have had to go to to eliminate most of this are fairly extreme. My scope is mounted on an ultrawedge which is fully supported over its entire length by 25mm thick ali plate. It is bolted to the plate by four bolts and the whole lot is sitting on a 210mm dia x 10mm thick steel pier. The pier is bolted to 3.8tonnes of reinforced concrete. You could not call this a portable setup by any means and the wedge mounted on the original tripod is useless. The EQ will allow you to mount different scopes easily, the fork only allows you to use the scope it came with.
Mark
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