Attaching a photography mount on a tripod used to be always an annoying proposition because sometimes it gets stuck to the tripod. It's usually a 3/8 inch screw head. I always keep a Pennzoil Oil Filter Wrench in case I need a little help. But when I attached the Sky-Watcher Solar Quest head to my tripod, it became stuck as I couldn't unloosen it from the tripod. And the part that is attached to the tripod screw is very small, almost recessed. When I turn the Solar Quest head, it just rotates and the part that is attached stays fixed. It's that little round ring in the photo below that stays attached but freely rotates without any effect on the tripod screw head. The part that is fixed to the tripod can't really be grasped by anything. I did a little searching and read that you're supposed barely attach the accessory (tripod head, etc) to the tripod (just enough that it "almost" begins to tighten) and use the little setscrews to tighten the tripod head or whatever. This was a revelation. Have I been doing this wrong for the last 40+ years? It didn't really help me as I unloosened the setscrews but it was still stuck to the tripod. I started pulling on the head at maybe 30 degree angles whilst turning to release it and after a few minutes it unscrewed! I then reattached it like I describe above and used the setscrews to tighten everything. When I was done doing my solar viewing (just a test really), I unloosened the setscrews and the head easily came off.
Yay, I guess.
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