On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 02:56 PM, Howard Dutton wrote: On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 12:37 PM, Burton wrote: What do I need to make sure I do, or account for given that I can't accurately exactly measure phys

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Okay now you have piqued my interest..... I'm building a custom Mount and would really like to use servos the industrial type not the Hobbies type. Do you have a link that I can go to to get some more

#skywatcher #dob

I used a laser pointer taped to the mount and moved the mount 360 degrees - the wall was ~7m away so t made for an accurate calibration/check

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Search "worm gear set" on eBay. Their aqre both 180:1 and 360:1 sets for under $160

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AGREE!! I have been on this forum for about 1.5 years, and certainly have seen many new people provide expertise. Sometimes it can get murky to navigate the sea of advice, and I myself am guilty of pr

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In fact whAT WE HAVE TO DO TO HAVE A INSTEP AT WHAT PRICE ???????????6 JACK 47 71 For my vintage mount hoem made Di you have a kind of howto Step by step tp built a onstep drive If so I have to find s

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Here is the link to my Apertura 10 inch conversion. It is also made by EDO in Taiwan and the conversion information is directly appropriate to your 12 inch. https://onstep.groups.io/g/main/message/370

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Even having inserted the jumper in MS3, which should have enabled the spreadcycle mode, the motors stall over 0.8deg / s. I don't know, then, what could be the cause, but I think I'll be satisfied eve

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I question your 3:1 ratio in the final. What does this look like? Usually, the AZ bearing is anywhere from 10" to 30" across. The pinion on the end of the stepper might be 1" across max, That gives yo

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Hello everyone.. My sevral trial for making 3d printed gears for my dobs.. i have seen many video but i faild for making gear. I like guillermo moncho gear and i unable to contact him.. plzz share me

#250p #dob

You probably know by now that your drivers are reversed. They should be connected this way.

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Go to the showcase page, and scroll down to the Dobsonian section. There are lots of examples there.

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I'd say not, except for smart control dew heaters.

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I don't know why autocorrect changed 'Vref' to 'Greg' but those are the times we live in 🤔.

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Yes used optics prices have been increasing driven by new items shipping cost from the east, was lucky to get an ota reasonably local to me Although its only a OTA- I can build the dob mount to go wit

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@GuitsBoy, Thanks for your experience - very helpful. As I'm using the scope primarily for visual use at first, and may never get to photograpy, I'll use the the LV782s. However, it nice to know this

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Not unexpected. I wouldn't rely on any 2gt wheels I could print to have any great amount of precision. One early problem I encountered with my sub $200 printer was oval holes due to belt tension diffe

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Open Source means you do it yourself. You are asking for someone to everything for you and no one here has the time or skills. Every telescope is different and every person wants different things. The

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hi Burton, I wrote some thoughts on this in your post about backlash adjustment. Re: OnStep with Sky Safari (groups.io) -Mike

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My setup is different, but I do use the TMC5160 without the Quiet mode. It is totally silent when tracking. A bit of a noise when slewing, but maybe that is largely due to the 18:1 gearbox. My current

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