Maybe this is the wrong forum to be discussing this, but I'm surprised there haven't been any postings on a DIY/ATM wedge for the Seestar. (I checked that forum too.) It seems like it should be a relatively easy thing to make and with the Skywatcher wedge not available at most dealers and me not wanting to spend any more money I don't have to, I thought I'd give it a shot.
I just got my S-50 a few days ago and naturally it's been solid cloud-cover and rain for the past few days and so I've been cutting up some wood; a couple of right triangles, a couple of rectangles, a couple of 3/8" tee nuts and some glue. I've deviated a bit from the dimensions on my sketch since I realized the board on which the Seestar gets mounted needs to be clear of the 4 little feet on its base. For any fine tuning that will be needed I can just nudge the tripod left and right and adjust the height of the leg that will be pointing north. Maybe I'm missing something, but I think it will work and if it doesn't my total cash outlay has been $0.
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Edited by xrayvizhen, 05 May 2025 - 06:02 PM.