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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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