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Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes
I built started to build an equatorial mount about 15 years ago out of 4" water pipe and the parts of a landcruiser diff I paid $10 for at motor wreckers. The RA and Dec axes were machined for preloaded Timken roller bearings and the main shafts made out of the axles. Boy those axles were tough. The Silicon carbide tool ran red hot in the lathe. I ended up welding mild steel collars onto the shafts to make bearing surfaces and cutting off the surplus with a cutting disk.
I never ever finished it and I think it is still rusting in the back yard of the old house. Mum unexpectedly gave back the money I loaned her to buy a house and I got myself a 10" LX200 classic with the then new 64000 objects.
Barry
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i am glad you didnt waste mums money ... so no pics of offroad equatorial i guess