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Originally Posted by montewilson
Hi Guys - I thought I would show you some pictures of my new alt/az plate. I wasn't happy with the coarsness of the mount's adjustments. They are far from bad but with TPoint and Automapper I can find out polar alignment errors in seconds of arc. I realized I could never make the adjustments even when I knew how much I had to move the scope.
This is the answer and it works very well. I can now make adjustments down to a few arc seconds. The plate is 25mm aluminium. The thread on the altitude bolt is M20x0.5 which of course was custom made. It gives me 6 arc mins per revolution.
It is not light but I think it is a worthwhile additon to my kit.
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Hi Monte,
Nicely engineered and looks brilliant!
I can see you didn't muck about and all that aluminium will help keep
world commodity prices buoyant.
However, it is exactly what you need and really closes the loop with
your TPOINT run.
Best regards
Gary Kopff
Wildcard Innovations Pty. Ltd.