It's like Christmas morning here! More observations: In the future, I will definitely make my own dovetail bars. The Losmandy bar will be easy to make from plate aluminum, using only a table saw. I'm glad I bought the smaller counterweight. The stock 17-lb. weight is far too heavy for the small refractors. The 11-lb. is just right. The polarscope fits, but that reticle seems like a joke. I'll try it on the weekend, weather permitting. Anybody have any comments on the Celestron polar scope in use? The cord on the control box is far too short. Plugged-in, the hand control won't even sit in it's cradle on the tripod leg. I'm glad I ordered the extension cable from Astrophotography Tonight. The knob upgrade is a mixed review. The azimuth knobs are a definite improvement. The saddle lock knobs don't seem to be quite long enough. I'll futz with them a bit, and can probably swap out a new SS threaded portion on my own, and keep that nifty, knurled-aluminum, orange-anodized knob. I still haven't powered it up. Taking the GPS unit out of the box now. I like the Autoguider port. No laptop needed to use an autoguider with this mount. Did I say it's big? I'm still trying to absorb the size of this mount.