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Originally Posted by GW
Hi Mick
Your design will work well.
but be aware this can become addictive .
I am currently working on version 3 .
I originally started by finding an old good quality 10" worm and gear in the scrap, and got inspired by others here on Iceinspace .
had to buy second worm gear so brought the same as you(Byers 11")
I work in engineering but have never put any drawings on paper
just got ideas of the internet and tried it.
attached are photos of my fist attempt and verion2
version 1 worked extremely well but looked a bit agricultural so redesigned it (made it look more professional.)
both versions fully computerised using Arduino/EQAstro.
Had help for this part from a very talented work colleague (thanks Thava) but overall process was surprising easy.
Don't know how much it can carry but at least 30kg (as per set up in 3rd photo)
I am making Version 3 for Thava but this will be using 8" Byers , and this time round Thava is programming everything from scratch so it will be interesting to see how it performs
If you need any help let me know.
regards
Graeme
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Hi Graeme,
your eq mounts looks great
The Mk1 you have the worm gears South of the axes then you moved it to the North like AstroP. Did you find this arrangement better? I looked lots of designs, and by place it to the South make the clutch more accessible and the Dec has less over-hung. That was the old way... now every mount use North for the worm location. I guess better for Go-To?