[Lvas] Ideas for balancing a 12" SCT?

[paul erickson]

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Martin Suñer Hilario <mhilario2 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>  Could this possibly be balanced with velcro, arm weights, rubber bands,
> or other common household items - or without having to go out and buy or
> craft a heavy counterweight system? Thanks for your ideas.
>

Martin,

I had the same problem with my 10 inch LX-200 and did exactly what David
suggested and it works very well.  You have a lot of flexibility and you can
change the amount of weight and the position depending on your
configuration.  In my case I bought some lead from a hunter who made his own
shot and melted and poured a variety of weights from 1 to 5 pounds.

Regards,

Paul
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