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Old 11-03-2018, 06:16 PM
Bucky1379
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Hi back.
I (still) have a Powerseeker 127 but was never happy with it until I replaced the mirror with a parabolic (they came with a spherical with a corrector lens in the focuser). You should be able to find my posts here somewhere.
I also put steel rods and cement into the tripod legs which made it MUCH more stable.
But I gave up on the RA drive and just bought one. It was $50.
I've now got a EQ3 that I found on a hard rubbish collection. I am working out gear ratio's for an RA drive for it at the moment. I'm going for a 1 RPM motor but I'm not sure of the sprocket ratio yet or exactly how to mount it. It also needs a way to disconnect it for fast manual slewing. There are some forum discussions here about it.
Maybe we can sort out a solution together.
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