[Jasp05 (Aaron)]

Hi guys,

After successfully building a barn door tracker, I thought I'd try my hand at building an EQ platform for my 8 inch dob.

I've been doing some research online, and there is bits and pieces of info around. I thought I'd ask here to see if anyone has had some "hands on" experience in building one.


The platform itself seems quite simple in theory, but how accurate do these things need to be to perform well?

I would like to use it for some basic astrophotography. Not expecting miracles from it, but a few shots of globs and brighter nebulae would be a nice starting point. Thinking anything up to say 30 sec exposures out of it would keep me happy for a while. Is this a reasonable expectation for such a platform?

But if anyone has any links to info or experience with a platform I'd like to here from you.

I may be able to make a build guide on the forum if it's successful.

Thanks in advance.