Have been modding my Dob the last couple of days thanks to my hubby
MOD 1
Handles on the sides
MOD 2
Homemade Lazy Susan Bearing using marbles and a MDF 3mm sheet spacer to keep the marbles in place. This floats on top of the marbles.
MOD 3
Extremely smooth horizontal movement thanks to this little set up. Its simply a length of copper tube with threaded rod through it. 1 soft rubber caster at the bottom base attached to the threaded rod and a small dolly wheel attached to the top. The spring provides tension to keep traction for the rubber caster against the dob base.
This setup makes hand tracking much easier and smoother especially when viewing the planets.