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ASSEMBLY
1) Carefully remove all parts from the cardboard cartons and lay them on a table or
on the floor in order to take an inventory of all the pieces. Keep your box for storage
or in case you ever need to ship your telescope.
2) Extend the tripod legs, and lock each one at the desired height with the tripod leg
adjustment knobs. (See Fig. 1)
(Fig. 1)
3) If your tripod is not fully assembled you need to attach the tripod braces (attached
to each leg) to the tripod leg brace hub using the 3 thin bolts with nuts. (See Fig. 2A)
The completed assembly is shown in Figure 2b. Then attach each leg to the
equatorial mount assembly with supplied tripod leg bolts and wing nuts. (See Fig. 2)
(Note that some telescopes may have round plastic tighteners in place of wing nuts.)
(Fig. 2a) (Fig. 2b) (Fig. 2c)
4) Locate the tray attachment bolt (Fig. 3). Dis-assemble it as shown in Figure 3a by
turning the round knob counter-clockwise. Insert the chrome shaft upward through
the center of the tripod leg braces and up through the hole in the center of the
triangle-shaped accessory tray. While holding the shaft in place from underneath,
place the crinkly spring washer and the larger solid metal washer over the shaft as
shown in Figure 4. Then place the round knob over the shaft and turn clockwise until
tight. (See Fig. 4a)
(Fig. 3)
(Fig. 3a) (Fig. 4) (Fig. 4a)
