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Old 23-06-2006, 03:22 PM
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aiming for 2nd Halley's

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Originally Posted by asimov
I'm interested in a close up shot of the DEC shaft Robert. From what I can make out in the photograph, the counter weights are not attached to the DEC shaft at all. Is this correct or am I seeing things?
what sharp eyes you have their Asi-meister. you are correct, the declination shaft (2inch solid mild steel) runs beween two large bearings which are fixed to plate which has the counterweights attached. Don't ask me why, but there was a reason at the time
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