User's Manual

Fig 7
Fig 4
Fig 5
Fig 6
1.4Installing the Counterweights
1.4.1 Locate the counterweight bar.
1.4.2 Screw the counterweight bar into the threaded hole on the end of the declination
shaft. Tighten the locknut on the counterweight bar until it is locked against the
mount (fig4).
1.4.3 Unscrew the threaded cap from the end of the counterweight bar (fig 4).
1.4.4 Locate the counterweight(s) and slide them halfway along the counterweight bar.
Tighten the counterweight locking screws to secure (fig 5).
1.4.5 Screw the cap back on the end of the counterweight bar (fig 6).
1.5Installing slow-motion control handles (EQM-35 manual version
only) (fig 7)
Attach the slow-motion control handles on to the end of Right Ascension (RA) and
DEClination(DEC) worm shaft and lock them in place with the locking screw. Make
surethat the locking screw presses on the little flat surface at the end the shaft.
threaded hole
threaded
cap
counterweight bar
counterweight
locknut
locking screw
security cap
locking screw
RA worm shaft
RA slow motion
control handle
DEC worm shaft
DEC slow motion
control handle
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