Hello everybody, I've just joined and I find these postings useful and informative. I hope I can find help for some questions: I have an AP155 EDFS with piggybacked Tak FSQ106 on a pier

Hi Rich - Thanks for your note. That wasn't the problem, but I did figure it out this morning (my initial theory of it being a stupid question was pretty spot on!). My mistake was trying to put the

Are you sure you have the set screw backed out all the way? There is bronze "nose" that "floats" in the hole. I always slide the weight on the shaft with the knob on the weight pointing down so that

Paul_Schroeder@... writes: pressure, doing very I also received a new AP mount last week. It was a 900 GTO. The 18 lb. counter wts that I used for a few years with my 900 QMD were also

Ron, Thank you for posting the pictures. Very informative. Need to look at doing this for my 1200. John Gleason,

Paul, The counterweights should slide on and off easily without any force. Defective! Ha, Roland may have his first recall. Could be many more are too tight. John Gleason,

Hi all - Well, my 600E GTO arrived from AP earlier this week-- it is absolutely gorgeous and very solid. Tonight the skies cleared up nicely, and I had hoped to give it a brief test drive. Alas, I

Such a good and functional idea that I wonder why Roland didn't incorporate this into the 600E's design. "jeffrey d. gortatowsky" <myrocketcato-@...> wrote: original

Hi Ron, The manual says M12, but not sure of the pitch if it might be fine or not. So far I managed to keep the right tension on them where I can adjust the altitude fairly easily. But this might be a

Hi Larry, Looks like another reason for me to get a pier, oh darn :-) Stephen

Hi Ron, Glad my 'idea' (well supplier anyway) worked out! :) Maybe they should be 'standard' with all 600's? Clear skies, Jeff

Thanks Ron. By the way, your web page on replacing the azimuth screws is very easily understood. Dan Knauss

New guy again, I spent a little time reviewing some of the past postings, and judging from what I've read, there sure aren't many problems to contend with on any of the A.P. mounts. I suppose I

I use The Sky, and I set it to LX200 and it works fine with the GTO series. Ron Wodaski

I have taken some pictures of the replacement clamps I installed on my AP 600 base. They work very well, and are really easy to install. You probably don't need detailed instructions, but I posted

Does anyone know whether MegaStar V4.0 will interface with the AP 1200GTO Mount? (The users' manual lists only the LX 200, NGC Max, and Sky Commander). Does the 1200GTO interface with the Sky by

That's a good method but performing that same adjustment to the wooden tripod is not the same! Jim Larry Denmark wrote:

Greetings, I've been following the discussion on tightening the 600E mount to it's base plate during final stages of polar alignment. For those of us who use a portable pier, fine adjustment is

Have anyone considered using a similar stud for the altitude adjustment screw on the 600E?. It may make polar alignment truly tools free! Jim Fakatselis "Stephen E. Russell" wrote:

Hi Ron, Look forward to seeing your pictures of this part. The thing that I disliked more than anything else was having to use one or now two Allen wrechces to adjust while setting up. I always manage