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Kevdan

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Hi All,

Has anyone got an old broken EQ3-2 tripod, One of the clamping screw bosses has broke on mine and it looks irrepairable, I only need a single leg from one.

I dont want to buy a new eq3-2 mount as Im going to be upgrading scope and mount in the near future but need to get this one up and running.

Thanks

Kev.

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bottom of the list, £3 each. I'd buy three.

I just looked on there. Do you think the EQ5 mount with counter balance for £120 is a good idea? We have an EQ3-2 - noticed a lot of wobble last night, so should I upgrade? Would the 150pl sit on it right?Then, what are the chances of selling the EQ3-2?thanks Sandra

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RikM

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I just looked on there. Do you think the EQ5 mount with counter balance for £120 is a good idea? We have an EQ3-2 - noticed a lot of wobble last night, so should I upgrade? Would the 150pl sit on it right?Then, what are the chances of selling the EQ3-2?thanks Sandra

The PL would be much happier on an EQ5 than an EQ3-2.

Edit: just clicked the link and should let you know the Sky's the limit EQ5 is a lightweight clone. Nothing like as stable as the SkyWatcher EQ5. I would stick with your EQ3-2 rather than upgrade to that particular one.

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Parus major

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I just looked on there. Do you think the EQ5 mount with counter balance for £120 is a good idea? We have an EQ3-2 - noticed a lot of wobble last night, so should I upgrade? Would the 150pl sit on it right?Then, what are the chances of selling the EQ3-2?thanks Sandra

Right, I found the 150PL on the EQ3-2 bearable. I found there was flex in the legs that had had, saturn say wobble about twice the width of the field of view at 200x. This made focusing a bit annoying but I'm told that having the Skywatcher auto focus kit removes the issue. I've also had my 150PL on a EQ3 with dual motors and found that to be much more user friendly. The flex was all in the legs so doing something about them I think would reduce the problem.

Basically, the 150PL is on the very edge of the payload of the EQ3.

I've been trying to fence my EQ3-2 off for a while but I saw once went on ebay for about £125 the other day and that had a polarscope as well so they do sell.

Having my choice again I'd have taken the Skyliner version but having a 16th century wall to see over meant i needed the extra height.

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Reservations regarding the operators of astroboot aside, they have some legs from a Vixen mount listed which may well be more robust than the standard EQ3-2 legs. If they did, they'd probably give more rigidity. Question is whether they'd fit the EQ3-2 head.

James

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RikM

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Probably doesn't mean anything but I had Vixen porta II legs on my Supatrak auto mount head. They are much more stable than the Skywatcher originals but I have given the mount to my Brother in law so I can't check if they'd fit the EQ3-2. I strongly suspect they would.

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Parus major

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Reservations regarding the operators of astroboot aside, they have some legs from a Vixen mount listed which may well be more robust than the standard EQ3-2 legs. If they did, they'd probably give more rigidity. Question is whether they'd fit the EQ3-2 head.

James

Ahem.... http://stargazerslounge.com/astro-lounge/173273-bought-eq3-2-a.html

They do!

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They are probably a little bit more stable but the key feature for me was the quick release brace / tray. Doing those three little wingnuts up each time is a right pain on the EQ3-2 but the tray adds a huge amount of stability. With the Vixen, you just have a single centre thumbscrew.

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