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Originally Posted by xthestreams
Thanks Neville! This dome doesn't have motors or any other hardware in it on either the shutters or the rotator base. Any thoughts on where this stuff can be found?
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Lesvedome is very much a DIY approach. Have a look at the site
http://www.dppobservatory.net/DomeAu...#Documentation
and read through it.
For my 3m dome I use 2 car wiper motors (about $50 each) and a drill motor for the shutters. A 2m commercial dome would be fine on one.
The board cost about $120 delivered.
Rotation sensor (to synch with the mount movements) around $50
Because I have a laser cutter I made a big planetary gear out of ply for the rotation, most others use either a stuck on belt or wheels. Difficult to cost.
All very doable and there is a lot of support through the group:
https://groups.io/g/lesvedome
Good images of various solutions there, too.
I'm at the final stage of synchronising my dome rotation to the mount, a fiddly job that mostly only has to be achieved once. I've had a lot of support for this project from the group- much like IIS!
Check my website if you like:
https://homemadeplans5.wixsite.com/lsobservatory
Cheers,
Neville