Re: [APML] Drift alignment - a common misunderstanding

[Joe Mize <jmize@globe-net.net>]

Hey Gene;

     Cheaper?  You want cheaper?  Have I got a deal for you...

     How about buying a couple cheap, $1-2, Line Levels and removing the plastic
bubble containers?  Attach them to the top surfaces of the mount with a small dab
of silicon glue 90deg apart, N-S & E-W.

     I did this back in '92 and have had no complaints.  They're easily visible
at night.  IMHO they're much more accurate than 'bombsight' type levels which
require direct overhead viewing to get right...joe  :)

Gene Horr wrote:

> KGKIRKLEY@aol.com wrote:
>
> > As wonderful as AP equipment is, I wish (and don't know why?) that
> > Astro-Physics would (had) put leveling devices on each of their pier legs.
>
> Takahashi makes foot levelers for their piers/tripods tha....snip

> snip.....come up with a cheaper model that is just as good (hint, hint).
> But even a cheaper model is still not going to be cheap.....
>
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