PlaneWave L-350, Mechanical Installation Manual

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L-350 MECHANICAL INSTALLATION GUIDE
Lifiting Points for crane/lift:
Nylon straps should be used to make lifting
contact with the mount, when a crane, fork-lift,
or other mechanical lift is used.
For Alt-Az installation:
Use a single strap, looped through the Alti -
tude-Axis pass-through. This can only be done
when the saddle-plate is not installed.
For EQ installation:
Use two straps to hold from both the DEC-axis
pass-through and around the top of the drive
base. When wrapping the strap around the
drive-base, have it extend toward the lift on
the side of the drive-base that is opposite the
fork-arm, and wrapped at least once around
the side of the drive-base adjacent to the fork-
arm.
The relative lengths of these straps should be
adjusted so that the mount becomes suspend -
ed at an angle approximately equal to the incli -
nation of the wedge’s mounting surface, sim -
plifying the process of bolting the drive-base
onto the wedge.