Hints for your LX200
1) The LX200 GPS base opened
(placed numbers are designed in case you want to point to a detail
of the base in your own writings)
1. full view
2. motor and panel view
3. Checking for not twisted cables :)
Note : to see inside the hole, point a small powerful light at L1 or L2
4. Hardstop (limiting to about +& - 350°)
2) Make a free Mount Screw Finder
& position your 8", 10", 16" tube on the altazimutal mount like a breeze !
Once install normally (painly) your LX200 except that you have inserted a thin cardboard with a hole on the center screw.
Then with a marker pen, draw a ligne around the base.
Next time it will be a breeze to place the tube on the previously cut carboard
!!
3) DIY Piggy Back mount for LX200GPS 12"
1- this part removed with drill
2- future holes ...
Texts & images Copyright S. Weiller, 2014