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Old 12-01-2010, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by bojan View Post
Theoretically this is it (you just have to take ratio of diameters, BTW), however, there will be errors in measurement because of rubber wheels, they will squeeze and the ratio will depend on pressure..
I think it is better to measure how many ticks it takes for full rotation of the shaft (or 90°, I used bubble level for this.. this is how I found out the numbers, it is easy if you are using Bartel's software).
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I use ASCOM driver have a built in test results and I can accurately work out the resolution at any time. For friction I will be finding the hardest possible drive wheels to the stickiest compromise to come up with a satifactory solution. The DOB base is damn hard, only the wheels I have not yet checked.
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