Ok I would like to collect whats out there on this subject. Please add what you have. I am intrested in finding something that is simple and effective that could become a building project.
There are to my knowledge three types of EQ mounts
GEM, Fork/Wedge, and Split-ring. Then of course there are EQ platforms.
Few that I have found
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~chrish/eqnotes.htm
Dave Gault's one
http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/daveg/
see attached zip for Autocad Drawings
Simple, effective, cheap..
http://www.charm.net/~jriley/sky/mount1.html
Fork Equatorial.. Mick Pinner is i think looking at doing this on the Dob buggy. The rocker box becomes the fork on the wedge in his design.
http://www.atmsite.org/contrib/Harbour/Sym.Eq.Mntng.htm
Split Ring design.
http://ben.davies.net/Equatorial%20Mount.htm
Another one.
http://home.fuse.net/astronomy/Reflectors.html
Another one.
http://www.geocities.com/joe_pearson...ing_index.html
Eq platform.. very cool one i found.
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~jsobser/ekvatjalusta.htm
Another one, with Dual Axis drives.
http://www.geocities.com/reaganjj/
More to come..
I will add more as i dig through my bookmarks.. But this is what I have so far.
If any of you out there work in CNC shops, i would like to know what you think would be simplest and cheapest to build also.
Regards