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Originally Posted by CoombellKid
Ed,
On your Alt bearing your attached a metal strip. The bearings this strip rides
on I see you have screwed the strip along the center of the strip, do you
get any interference when the bearings ride over (well... under) the screw
holes in the strip?
And any chance you could share with me how you have built the stiction
brakes on the bearings I know you have used Telfon... maybe a sketch you
have laying around the shed...  I'm about to start my next dob project
and are interested in your bearing arrangement. I would also like to move
away from the Teflon/formica way of doing it.
regards,CS |
The screws on the strip are not in the centre it just looks that way. The bearings ride on the inside of the screw heads missing them altogether.
I"ll PM you about the braked bearings.
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Originally Posted by astroron
Bloody Beauty Ed  I might have to do another trip to Lostok just to see it 
Ron |
Thanks Ron, it certainly is a step up from the 18".
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Originally Posted by AlexN
Sure is a ripper of a scope...
 I just dont know if that'd be big enough??...  |
Thanks Alex.
The limiting factor is the chamber that the mirror has to fit in to get aluminized!
Here are a couple of photos...The electrical work has been done, Servocat motors have been installed and the new parameters of the scope have been entered.
Alt and AZ encoders have been installed and the GoTo and tracking seem to be working fine.
I have decided to build a table for the telescope which will be attached to the rocker box and will utilize the same holes that the wheel barrow handles are attached to.....