Help!!! I must be doing something wrong. I have my Televue 85 mounted on a Televue upswing mount. I balance the tube in the mount with the diagonal and eyepiece. When I want to move the mount to the target and keep it there, I have to practically screw the lock bolts down with a wrench to keep the scope from moving. Are these tension or lock bolts? Can you tighten them down enough to keep the scope in place, and is it supposed to stay where you position it? I find this very annoying to use this mount and wonder if I should just go to an equatorial or other type of alt-az mount.
Televue upswing
Started by klipy, 07/06/2003 04:06PM
Posted 07/06/2003 04:06PM
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Posted 07/06/2003 04:57PM
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Robert,
They're tension screws. Your scope should move like a dobsonian mount-very easily in all directions, and stay where you put it without having to tighten the screws. Are you using the proper balance plate? It sounds like your scope is not balanced properly. -Kurt Horsley
They're tension screws. Your scope should move like a dobsonian mount-very easily in all directions, and stay where you put it without having to tighten the screws. Are you using the proper balance plate? It sounds like your scope is not balanced properly. -Kurt Horsley
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