Reviving this old thread because a new member, Rob, has joined up who has built his own EQ platform.
Can you give details about your EQ platform that you built?
How much did it cost you, how much work is involved, and can you make me one?
I'm sure i'll eventually get a DSLR for long-exposure deepspace photography, in which case I'll want an EQ6 with goto/tracking to put my 10" OTA on, but $3000 for that mount plus $1500+ for the camera, is a long way off..
So I'm thinking that an EQ platform would help me for both visual stuff and my lunar/planetary imaging, for much less cost and would last me the years it took me to get the EQ6.