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Old 11-02-2017, 07:21 PM
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Another EQ6 hypertune. "Pimp my mount"
I decided to give some love to my mount and i started dome mods to it, Rowan astronomy Belt Mod, bearing replacements, altitude bolts and some paint to make it look good again.....

Hope you like it..... i love it
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Old 11-02-2017, 07:22 PM
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Old 11-02-2017, 07:27 PM
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Red and black mounts perform better
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Old 11-02-2017, 08:07 PM
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Red and black mounts perform better
Actually Colin that is Orange and Black i believe.
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Old 11-02-2017, 08:16 PM
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Actually Colin that is Orange and Black i believe.
Blood orange maybe
I don't profess to have great colour vision though haha
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Old 11-02-2017, 10:28 PM
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Getting there.... now the tripod and CWs
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Old 12-02-2017, 12:21 AM
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Blood orange maybe
I don't profess to have great colour vision though haha
Sicilian blood orange to me!!! ......but Im getting my eyes tested
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Old 12-02-2017, 09:18 AM
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Nice Alt bolts, did you source them locally?
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Old 12-02-2017, 10:29 AM
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Hi Andy, i ordered them from EBAY, a guy on England.
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Old 12-02-2017, 07:26 PM
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Tripod done...
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Old 12-02-2017, 09:11 PM
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ok Diego, gotta hand it to you, that looks really cool
Well done!
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Old 13-02-2017, 11:47 AM
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Just buy a Celestron and be done with it
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