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Meade ETX Tripod base eyepiece and Autostar holder.

FinlessBob

March 27, 2025

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This is piece that goes between the Meade #88$ Tripod and an ETX telescope (ETX-60 through ETX-125).
It provides several advantages.
It will hold up to six 1.25" Eyepieces,
It will hold your Autostar at 3 different locations.
It has holes that line up with the rubber feet on the bottom of some ETX scopes. This makes the scope more rigid as no mater how much you tighten down the scope, the rubber feet still move. So the plate is thicker than the rubber feet.

The unit is made in pieces so it will fit on a Ender 3 bed. The mid Plate, and the EP/AS holder plates.
I suggest printing this in PETG as PLA can warp in the hot sun if you are doing solar viewing. But PLA is fine if you are aware of this.
I have used this many many times and it is secure, easy to mount, and strong.

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