Tak Lapides Teegul Alt az mount info

Last night was my first night out with my Sky 90. What a nice little scope. As I was cruising around, the thought of how nice slow motion controls would be kept crossing my mind. I had looked at the Tak Lapides AA mount a while back, but like many other items, the lack of information kept it on the back burner.

I would really appreciate any information, feedback, and especially pictures of your setup if you have them. I did search and read the few comments that are in the forums and that helped. Just looking for more.

Thanks

John Boyd

John-
I use a Modified Teegul on a Berlebach UNI-15 tripod with spec's per Richard Lapides's recommendations. I also use the eyepiece holder that Richard sources.

I find the Teegul a joy to use with any of my smaller scopes. I replaced the Tak slo mo knobs with larger 1 1/2" FocusKnobs knobs. Tracking under high power is smooth and the set up is very stable even with a 13+ pound scope (FSQ).

The photo shows the Teegul holding my TEC 6 but a Traveler, FSQ, Stowaway or similar all have worked just as nicely. I'm striclty an alt/az mount user and use a Giro 2 on either a Bogen 3068 or AP wooden tripod for my larger scopes. The slo mo controls on the Teegul, however, have spoiled me and I frequently find myself reaching for a small to use on the Teegul so I can use them.

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