Here's a picture of the solar viewing system I built for my TV-85 with Daystar filter. It was described in Amateur Astronomy #59 and "The Sun and How to Observe It" by Jamey L. Jenkins.
In use, I sit on the milk crate with my left foot on the optics box, support my left elbow on my knee, use my left hand to seal the space between my eye and the eyepiece, and manipulate the controls with my right hand. that position augments the stability of the mount in the wind generally present at the water's edge in Santa Cruz where I like to observe.
The shield on the stand keeps a shadow on my head and on the view shield between the eyepiece and filter, keeping it black so I don't need to close my other eye. Everything seen (except the milk crate) fits neatly into the baseball bat bag and the optics box.
Here's a picture of the heliostat mount alone. You can see the linkage for the Declination drive if you look closely. The TV-85 attaches to the support just to the rear of the R.A. drive control box, and with an o-ring seal to the dust cover threads. The ERF inserts between the front end scope mount and the ring of the heliostat cradle mount.
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