The Tripod Mount With The Tube (#2)
Now, the mount is much easier and faster to assemble. All that needs be
done is to insert the legs into the "extensions" that are
welded
onto the bottom of the base plate and attach 2 bolts, 4 washers, and 2 nuts onto
each leg. The only difficult part is
lifting up the mount -- It
weighs around 75 pounds, without the counterweights! By the way, this
photograph was taken where
I do my deep-sky observing -- In the high desert
at approximately 3.600 feet (2,250 meters).
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Created: August 13, 2003