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DrBuck
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Reged: 12/10/08
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Loc: Susanville, No. Calif.
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Ever try to precisely align your CGE with the supplied Allen Wrenches?? Good Luck---I bought an allenwrench socket adapter with 1/4 inch drive and then used an 18 inch piece of 4130 chromolly steel tubing to use as a cheater bar. It gives you precision that you just can't get using the wrenches alone. 
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DrBuck
Roll off Roof Observatory,
CGE on concrete and steel pier
Takahashi FS 152 Fluorite apo refractor
Televue 85MM Apochromatic refractor
12 inch LX 200 gps smt uhtc
Nikon D-90 with 18-200mm AF VR lens
Canon 15x50 IS Binoculars
http://www.flickr.com/photos/697650grr/?saved=1
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lambermo
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Reged: 07/16/07
Posts: 58
Loc: .nl
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...allenwrench socket adapter with 1/4 inch drive and then used an 18 inch piece of 4130 chromolly steel tubing to use as a cheater bar...
Sounds interesting. Can you post a picture of that ?
-- Hans
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DrBuck
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Reged: 12/10/08
Posts: 269
Loc: Susanville, No. Calif.
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this is the setup adjusting altitude
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DrBuck
Roll off Roof Observatory,
CGE on concrete and steel pier
Takahashi FS 152 Fluorite apo refractor
Televue 85MM Apochromatic refractor
12 inch LX 200 gps smt uhtc
Nikon D-90 with 18-200mm AF VR lens
Canon 15x50 IS Binoculars
http://www.flickr.com/photos/697650grr/?saved=1
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DrBuck
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Reged: 12/10/08
Posts: 269
Loc: Susanville, No. Calif.
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this is the setup adjusting azimuth---------it really makes it much much easier and precise.
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DrBuck
Roll off Roof Observatory,
CGE on concrete and steel pier
Takahashi FS 152 Fluorite apo refractor
Televue 85MM Apochromatic refractor
12 inch LX 200 gps smt uhtc
Nikon D-90 with 18-200mm AF VR lens
Canon 15x50 IS Binoculars
http://www.flickr.com/photos/697650grr/?saved=1
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Dixie
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Reged: 03/30/06
Posts: 61
Loc: UK Latitude 53.3 north
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How do you cope with the mount slightly moving when you tighten both Az bolts and those on the dec? Lesson in fustration for me.
Cheers
Dix
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DrBuck
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Reged: 12/10/08
Posts: 269
Loc: Susanville, No. Calif.
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with this tool, you only have to loosen the ax knobs slightly and then there is no movement when they are tightened up again.
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DrBuck
Roll off Roof Observatory,
CGE on concrete and steel pier
Takahashi FS 152 Fluorite apo refractor
Televue 85MM Apochromatic refractor
12 inch LX 200 gps smt uhtc
Nikon D-90 with 18-200mm AF VR lens
Canon 15x50 IS Binoculars
http://www.flickr.com/photos/697650grr/?saved=1
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Alph
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Reged: 11/23/06
Posts: 259
Loc: Melmac
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Quote:
I bought an allenwrench socket adapter with 1/4 inch drive and then used an 18 inch piece of 4130 chromolly steel tubing to use as a cheater bar.
It would help if you provided link(s) to your parts source.
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DrBuck
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Reged: 12/10/08
Posts: 269
Loc: Susanville, No. Calif.
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Well, I just got them from my shop. The socket adapter was purchased from Ace hardware. The tubing was purchased from Aircraft spruce in southern california when I was building my biplane. Any steel tubing will work as long as it fits over the handle of the 1/4 inch socket handle. If ace hardware doesn't have the tubing, any welding shop should have it. You could get sophisticated and drill thru the tubing and the handle and use a bolt or pin to hold them together, but I found that it wasn't really necessary.
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DrBuck
Roll off Roof Observatory,
CGE on concrete and steel pier
Takahashi FS 152 Fluorite apo refractor
Televue 85MM Apochromatic refractor
12 inch LX 200 gps smt uhtc
Nikon D-90 with 18-200mm AF VR lens
Canon 15x50 IS Binoculars
http://www.flickr.com/photos/697650grr/?saved=1
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