BAADER
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Usage
The Baader Stronghold is designed, to safely and firmly
mount and fine-tune auxilliary optics ranging from lightweight
finder scopes to massive guiding telescopes.
Four exterior locking screws serve to adjust the Baader
Stronghold, by means of loosening (unscrewing) one screw
and counterlocking the opposite one. In this way, the optical
axis of the auxilliary Instrument (e.g. Vario Finder, camera
lens, spotting scope, guiding-telescope or similar) may be
finetuned accurately.
A stainless-steel locking dowel is included in the delivery of
the Baader Stronghold Tangent Assembly. In the as-
delivered condition, the dowel is fastened in a springloaded
bracket inside the azimuth blocks.
Using this locking dowel, both the elevation axis
and
the
azimuth axis may be locked down at the final position, in this
manner achieving maximum rigidity of the system. For this
purpose, the dowel has to be inserted into the clamping-
screw (Fig. 4/4a) and turned clockwise by a few degrees. To
unlock the axis, the locking knob must be loosened by the
same amount prior to any readjustment.
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Fig. 4
Tightening the elevation-
clamping-screw using the
locking dowel
Fig. 3: EQ-clamp (Vixen standard): Mounted on top mounting plate or alternatively may be mounted also on base mounting plate
Fig. 4a
Tightening the azimuth-
clamping-screw using
the locking dowel
