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Originally Posted by Mokusatsu
I love ring mounts, I will be probably trying to build one next year when I get the budget.
I can handle the woodworking and design part of it. With a router and a few bits and pieces perfect circles are easy to make from plywood and the rest is just a matter of accurate cutting on a table saw or something.
But the motorisation is where I am relatively clueless, especially if I want to go even further and equip it with goto abilities and object tracking, controlled by an astronomy app on my iPad or something.
Assuming I can manage the mechanical part of attaching it, how "off the shelf" are motors and all of that other stuff these days?
Travis
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There are numerous off the shelf systems available.
This is just one popular type used for dob and eq mouts
http://www.stellarcat.com/
These people sell gears and servo systems but may require more work from you to put them together
http://www.gototelescopes.com/servocontroller.htm
Basically, there is a wide spectrum from off the shelf to DIY.