Isn't that when things go wrong when you have clear skies. Maybe I need to break mine so the weather will clear :) tony

Don You hit the nail on the head. I just made a washer out of .020" thick cutting board" material that you can buy at Wal Mart or Meijer, etc. for a couple of dollars. It has an extremely smooth teflo

Don The material is only .020" thick. I made two concentric circles and used a utility knife to cut it. tony

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I use a Honda 2000 watt generator and it is quiet :) http://www.hayesequipment.com/eu2000i.htm tony

Yes, that is how it must be done. 1---red to + terminal of good battery 2---red to + terminal of bad battery 3---black to - terminal of good battery 4---black to a good ground tony

I use the Honda 2000 generator and it works great and is quiet. tony

Jeff Something I did with my Mach1 mount CW shaft was make a flat washer out of cutting board material [.020 thk]. That has made it very easy to unscrew and have not had that issue since. tony

jeff...i was in a hurry and hit "reply" instead of "forward" to a friend of mine in cleveland. also, i did send an "oops" to the group when i found out of my major mistake. absolutely nothing was aime

Joe The SWANSON TOOL "Savage Lightning" is an aluminum bubble level with back light...works great. It's high quality and has 0°, 45°, and 90° bubbles. I bought two, one for astro use and one for the t

Have you tried this yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29-WYjaIoPk Just a thought... :)

I have had this same problem with a non-astronomical item before on aluminum with a SS setscrew. I actually twisted a bondhus wrench [never broke it] and the damn setscrew did not budge! Out came the

Yup...Genesis 1 :) tony

The download page is: http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?tech_support/tech_support Go down to the Mach1GTO section to download the PDF's. tony

Dave I have done it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edy1Esj8xzM tony

This is my update video after I replaced the wood for a 3/8" thick aluminum plate. My original video [part 1] is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoOwouTf3jc thanks tony

Forgot to give you my video link...OOPS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUNW3WDXWqQ

I too use the Bondhus 3710. I also ground the ball end off one for the times I did not want to use the ball. Bondhus are very good quality. I have actually twisted them [using a cheater bar] and never

Mike Well, for visual I had no issues with a 175. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edy1Esj8xzM tony

I used a Pelican 1650 case which I made an insert for to hold in place the Mach1 for my latitude of 41°. I also had room for extra supplies in it too. See picture below. tony