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Cleaned up beautifully.
While it wasn’t a restoration as such, I converted an old Paramount GT-1100S from the paramount control system over to OnStep. It wouldn’t play nicely with TheSkyX and I’ve found it easier to run it as an ASCOM mount with Voyager. Pointing accuracy is good (plate solve and refine works beautifully) and guiding graph is well below 1 arcsec. I printed up various brackets with a 3D printer to slot the new stepper motors into the same slots as the original servo motors.
Moral of the story, if you come across an old mount that is mechanically sound with good gears and don’t mind tinkering electronically, you can convert it to a capable goto system for well under $500.
DT
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