Wedge mods for 14" on an Ultra wedge at 17S

[Shawn]

Moved to 17deg south, now my ultra wedge dont go to my LAT, ...Anyone successfully moded one,,,or do I have to move back south...
Meade 14Lx200r on Ultrawedge and field tripod....

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Ouch! Can't help you sorry SD, but welcome to the site. That is an issue with wedge mounted forks. Whai is the lowest lat you can get to with the wedge?

[Lester]

Welcome aboard Sirdystic,

Where is Ravenshoe?

If there is a metal fabricator there I am shore they could make a wedge that does the job, and you could sell the Meade one to cover costs.

Asimov is a metal fabricator I'll see if he will drop by next trip in his Lear Jet.

[Shawn]

Ravenshoe is approx 130 W of Cairns and the wedge hits the stops at 24 deg. Me,s thinking if I build a couple of ten degree wedges to go between the wedge base and the wedge arms, It would work, with just a little mod to the AZ adjuster, but I wonder what kind of extra flexure I will get at such an extreme angle of dangle ..I guess I need to find out if anyone else is suspending a heavy 14" at 17 deg...before I go to the trouble of Either as you say wedge making and selling, or the mods....

And its great to be here..
Thankyou

[iceman (Mike)]

SirDystic! Great to have you here.. how did you hear about us?

Sounds like nice dark skies where you are, and above the jetstream too!

[Shawn]

Yup Clear skies here allright, outside of bushfire season ......And how could I not find this forum, Its well known, I think I have a link to it on my site somewhere. Just never got around to registering, too busy putting out fires.... ..

Thanks again

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[Shawn]

Thankyou all for your greetings and advice,

But no answers to my question, anyone up here in the tropics with a heavy wedge mounted Meade,,,PLEASE......

Love to hear from you