Mounting The Telescope On The Wedge (Both 1X100 Models) - Meade 8" LX100 Series Instruction Manual

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5,
Mounting
The
Tele*cope
0*
The Ylfedge
{8oth
l-X1$S $$odel*}
With 8"
LXl*0
modef
t+l*sccpes, threc kn*bs
are
suppiisd for rn*unting
th*
teles*ope's drive
base
i*
th*
lilt-plate
frf
th€ equatoriai wedge. With
tha 1*"
i-X100,
three
socket $cr6w$ are
prcvided f*r
this
purpose.
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i7)
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Tilt Plal*
Wedge Bcdy-t*-Titl Plate
Atta*hfisnt
Knob
Tilt Angle Adj*strnent
(nob
Kno*
i*r
Altaching ths Telesc*pe tc Tilt Plate
Drive Base
$lat far Kneb
{#4, above)
Holes
lor
ACditionai Attachment Knobs
B*bble Level
Manual
Knobl0rmpass
tor
Attachi*g
the
W*dge tc
Field
T*pod
F*g.
9; Fla*ing the Taleseope on tfte Equatarial
Ytledge
l'hread cne
of
thes* kr':*b* {*r
ecrew$,
a* appropriate} partially int* the
hole
*n
the u*dersid*
*f
tila
drive
base, lccated al the curved-end
*f tlr*
drive
lra**.
$ee #4,
Fig"
S.
"Ihis knob
*r
$crew should ba thre*ded
in
about
3
lull turns,
r"rat
tuliy threaded into
the
hole.