I'm not happy with the alt/az motion of my 10" skywatcher truss dob. Trying to observe Saturn at 200x last night proved more of a chore than pleasure. It's also quite heavy and taller than it needs to be, hence I'm contemplating rebuilding the base of it out of marine ply.
Just wondering if anyone has rebuilt their bases for one of these dobs and what their experience is? If anyone has any tips, suggestions etc... would be greatly appreciated. I'm not intending on building anything to funky, just keeping it very simple and basic. Something like the following:
http://stellafane.org/tm/dob/mount/rockerbox.html
Thanks
