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and balance kit for the LX 200. The kit comes with a rail that mounts
to the bottom of the scope and three weights that slide along the rail
to achieve balance. This works very well, unless the imbalance is
caused by a weight attached to the scope far from the central axis.
Of course, this is exactly what I did by adding the Orion MAK 500 piggy
back onto the LX 200. What you need is a way to add weight
further away from the central axis.
This web page shows a simple modification I made to the standard Meade weight set. |
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The
modification consists of drilling and tapping a 1/4-20 hole into the middle
sized weight as shown in the photo. Then the a 1/4-20 screw is inserted
into the hole and locked in place with a locking nut. The small weight
can be moved up and down the screw and locked in place with the normal
set screws.
This arrangement allowed me to counterbalance the MAK 500 in both axis. The drive motors have no problem in handling any remaining out of balance caused by different scope orientations. |
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