ballaratdragons
15-06-2006, 09:19 PM
To follow up on my thread about the Adaptor to marry the Orion Accufocus to a Crayford (here) http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=10782,
This continuing thread is the method I used to Mount the motor to the scope.
After bending all sorts of bits of metal and not being happy with the result, I ended up trying a piece of PVC angle.
The pics below show you the bracket attached to the scope. I think it is very neat.
Pic 1: shows the PVC bracket
Pic 2: Marking the holes in the OTA (gulp) Notice the plastic protection over the marks, so when I drill, the drill doesn't skate all over the OTA engraving pretty patterns in the paint job.
Pic 3: I didn't feel like pulling the scope apart so I taped a Plastic bag inside the OTA to catch all the metal filings. It worked excellent!
Pic 4: The finished job :thumbsup:
Accufocus works a treat.
This continuing thread is the method I used to Mount the motor to the scope.
After bending all sorts of bits of metal and not being happy with the result, I ended up trying a piece of PVC angle.
The pics below show you the bracket attached to the scope. I think it is very neat.
Pic 1: shows the PVC bracket
Pic 2: Marking the holes in the OTA (gulp) Notice the plastic protection over the marks, so when I drill, the drill doesn't skate all over the OTA engraving pretty patterns in the paint job.
Pic 3: I didn't feel like pulling the scope apart so I taped a Plastic bag inside the OTA to catch all the metal filings. It worked excellent!
Pic 4: The finished job :thumbsup:
Accufocus works a treat.