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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
I see the EQ head seems to be sitting on a plate supported by 3 leveling bolts.
Can I suggest you loose the bolts and discover a significant improvement in stiffness of the mounting and increase in the natural frequency of vibration of the pier + EQ head ?
EQ heads need polar aligning, but they simply do not need leveling.
The EQ head/pier combination however works much better when it is rigid, rather than acting like a spring  |
I've often wondered why people do this too. All that money on expensive mounts etc, then sit it all on 3 extended bolts (usually around M10-M12 diameter). In structural engineering design of buildings we'd call that a "soft storey."