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Originally Posted by erick
The AN encoder kit on my 12" works well. I bought it from an owner who knew a good bit about tinkering. Here is a project of his for a stalk to mount the AN unit which includes plenty of mention of the encoder mounting:-
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Hi Eric,
Thanks for the post.
Here are some photographs and notes forwarded to us by customer
Stephen J. who improvised a stalk for his LightBridge from parts he found
in a Bunnings Hardware Store.
Stephen wrote -
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The parts are all from Bunnings, but any hardware store would probably
suffice:
1) The stork itself is a small painting pole extender made from
aluminium (light and about 1.5m extended approx $17.00)
2) The stork top is a paint brush holder (yellow plastic and adjusts for
different angles (approx $4.50)
3) The Bracket are 3/4 inch painted white (found in plumbing pipes
section and unfortunately for me only in packs of 10)
4) I used 3/16ths bolts with washers and nuts (for Lightbridge they were
38mm long) and also bought some Wingnuts.
I drilled the holes with markings made from the brackets when mounted
on the stork as they extend when mounted.
Insert the bolt and washer with nut on other side to hold bolts in
place. Then connect stork with brackets using the wing nuts.
Next I got a piece of wood to add to the paint holder so I could
attach the Argo Navis cradle (I used a horizontal bit of board also).
Finally tidy up the wires with a few more stickon wire tidies.
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