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OK Chris, I got the idea from Michael Covington.
It's a bit of a dog to align but simple to build, the main thing is making it
strong enough. Michael C made his for an 8" lx200... ours is a
12". I first built it from single pieces 17mm 7ply then took it
outside to pier and it all looked OK until I went to get the scope and realised
it was hopelessly underbuilt. :>( I then sandwiched another layer
of 17mm all around it which did the trick. It is VERY strong now. Of course
next time I would sandwich/glue the ply together before I started cutting
pieces. ;>)
I've seen some way better wooden wedges on the net
but they're all way beyond my skills and equipment too.
Here you go:
And also Michael Covingtons page:
Bruce Thompson
www.thurgoonaastronomy.cjb.net
36°03'31"S 146°59'82"E
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