The 6" f12 frac is going to have to wait a while. First track...to coin a phrase, took place last night. For the first time ever I wasn't working on the ASV Messier Star Party, or any ASV event for that matter, but missed it due to the more important (to me) try out of this mount. Was I happy or what....the Byers gear and worm is brilliant. Super smooth is all I can say....impressed. It tracks good and slews at the touch of a button. My tangent arm is pretty good too. A bit of backlash exists in the cylinder block, not being the tightest of constructions, but I had to go with what I could build. It does move the scope both ways really well though.
Thanks to Steve Lee, I have bought a 10" Mathis gear slipclutch and worm that will replace the tangent arm at some stage...GOTO is a possibility later on in the future.
Photo shows my 10" OOUK Newt on my temporary 'Pier' which is really the box I put my battery on when using the Gaunt. With this set up focusing is dead easy...a little wobble coming from the wooden box....this will be rock solid on a proper Pier or Tripod....leaning toward a Pier at this stage.
An 8/9" Refractor or 12+" Classic Cass would be perfect for this mount....does it ever end?
Anyway..... so far so good
Matt