Broken Telescope Tripod Fixed
I 've been waiting for some new leg brackets to arrive from England so I could fix the tripod for my little Celestron CG-2 telescope mount. One of the brackets that holds the legs in place broke about two weeks ago. This mount is no longer available new so finding brackets was a bit of good luck! (The new bracket can be seen in the photo at right.) I briefly contemplated just purchasing a newer and better manual mount to replace this broken one. I had recently upgraded this little manual mount with a new saddle as well as installed ball bearings on both axes. This upgrade project required a bit of time and effort. I had cutting and grinding to do... drilling and tapping to do... and I had to find the exact right ball bearings to fit each axis. After my upgrade, this mount was really working very well up until this little bracket broke. Admittedly, having a newer and slightly better manual mount would be advantageous but, since I had already put so much effort into improvi