skfboiler

I have the same Orion XT12G scope.  I downloaded your guide.  I'm going to have to give this a try.

Your mount looks just like my mount, the Astroview mount from Orion.  Mine is black; they must be made by the same company.  Anyway a while back I had the same concern when I looked at the mount straight on and it did not seem straight when I had the DEC set at 90°. Upon further investigation I noticed that the azimuth was not centered.  After centering the azimuth everything looked fine.