{"id":6341,"date":"2024-11-10T12:28:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T17:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=6341"},"modified":"2024-11-10T12:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T17:28:58","slug":"building-a-telescope-tripod-dolly-meade-lx-200-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/10\/building-a-telescope-tripod-dolly-meade-lx-200-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Telescope Tripod dolly (Meade LX-200 12&#8243;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:43,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.thingiverse.com\\\/thing:6826864&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250426122531\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.thingiverse.com\\\/thing:6826864&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 02:25:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 16:07:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 16:07:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I built my own Tripod Dolly with casters &amp; Leveling bolts (out of 2&#215;4&#8217;s and plywood) for my Meade LX-200 12&#8243; with Giant Field Tripod (the one with the 3&#8243; diameter legs).<\/p>\n<p>I was originally thinking it would be just so I could play around with the telescope (move it in and out of the garage) and get a feel for things until I decided what commercial dolly \/ truck \/ cart to buy, but I&#8217;ve been so happy with the results that I think I&#8217;ll just use it permanently.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"Tripod Dolly built from 2x4s and plywood\" width=\"584\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail-1536x870.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail-500x283.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a short 5 minute intro video here (which links to a full 40 minute how to build step by step video if you decide to follow along and build your own):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/zUTGWRhVG8I?si=iYZJ7sytMe7wy98a\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also of potential interest to people with the Meade Giant Field Tripod is that I modeled the tip of the tripod legs and designed a 3D printed bracket for holding the tripod tips securely in place on the 2&#215;4&#8217;s&#8230;[Of course, you could just drill a 1&#8243; hole at a 55 degree angle, but if you&#8217;ve got a 3D printer everything needs a custom bracket&#8230;.]<\/p>\n<p>You can find the 3D model &amp; OpenSCAD design file on Thingiverse here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:6826864\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:6826864<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3d-bracket-leg-tip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3d-bracket-leg-tip-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3d-bracket-leg-tip-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3d-bracket-leg-tip-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3d-bracket-leg-tip.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I built my own Tripod Dolly with casters &amp; Leveling bolts (out of 2&#215;4&#8217;s and plywood) for my Meade LX-200 12&#8243; with Giant Field Tripod (the one with the 3&#8243; diameter legs). I was originally thinking it would be just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/10\/building-a-telescope-tripod-dolly-meade-lx-200-12\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[156,157],"class_list":["post-6341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects","tag-meade","tag-telescope"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6344,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6341\/revisions\/6344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}