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Originally Posted by Visionoz
Recently Stacey (sasup) posted about "Servo-catting" his 12" LB - see here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=66867
I did once consider doing the same for my 12" SW FlexDob (besides not having the time to do it myself and having found that I had to mod the baseboard and also the alt bearings/mount etc, too much mucking around) but have since gotten tube-rings and Losmandy-style D-dovetail bar for it instead and have mounted it on my EQ6 Pro as well as G11 - works OK but very "scary" action when slewing as I think it might just fall off the mount one night in the dark or strip the gears off the motors!! 
HTH
Cheers
Bill |
Bill, I know what you mean. The Alt bearings/axis are the biggest hassle to overcome on that kind of Dob mount (Skywatcher/Saxon).
As I mentioned before, SW do an upgrade Goto mount for these, but it's a bit pricey.
I must read that thread you quoted..thanks.
Cheers
Nick