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Old 01-06-2010, 01:16 PM
mercedes_sl1970
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I used to have an EQ5 a few years ago with aluminium legs. The mount was probably overloaded with a 150mm f8 refractor and used to take a while to damp down. I ended up making a set of extendable wooden legs out of some ash and noticed a dramatic improvement. Damping was down to a couple of seconds and almost instantaneous with a lighter scope.

Andrew
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