Quick release for EQ6 on a pillar

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Quick release for EQ6 on a pillar

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Soon I will get a pillar in my garden and I was looking for a solution to put up my equipment in a quick and repeatable way, without leaving everything outside. A good acquaintance who is a very good metal worker and also into astronomy made this. It's so nice. I have to align it once to the pole when the pillar is placed, and then fix the screws on the underside (the small azimuth screws are only necessary for first alignment) and then I can just put it up and take it off and be pole aligned within seconds... So happy and such a nice piece of work.
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Re: Quick release for EQ6 on a pillar

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That is some fine metal work!!!

Congratulations.
Gordon
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED80CF, Skywatcher 200 Quattro Imaging Newt, SeeStar S50 for EAA.
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-g mount & Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
ZWO mini guider.
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Primary software: Cartes du Ciel, N.I.N.A, StarTools V1.4.

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