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Old 08-01-2010, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Omaroo View Post
One of the things that I used to do Ben, was to buy a slab of small (1" sq.) lead weights with the sticky backing - ala what they use in car tyre places for wheel weights. Then, get some sticky (i.e. stick-on) Velcro and stick appropriately-sized squares of the hairy side onto the back to the lead weights.

Then - Wrap a strip of non-sticky hook Velcro around your OTA near the end or your dew shield. Simply apply as few weights under the OTA as required for balance.
I like this idea.
I imagine it would work better than my strip of velcro which tentatively holds a 1.25kg dumbbell weight in place
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