for the warm welcome!
& thanks for the advice!
I'm trying to save $$$ not spend lol I'll try not to get sucked into that black hole for as long as possible, I imagine it will eventually get me though!
FYI - I plan to manually track for the time being. I am making the arms out of Black machinable plastic (can be drilled and taped etc), its hard, light weight and rigid! I'm making swivel nuts for the top and bottom, for the drive screw to pivot & I have the correct measurements off the web, I'll share some progress photos as I am making it... I'll make sure that there is plenty of room to mount a motor later on...
I am going to mount a view finder scope 6x30 and possibly a compass and a metal plate for my magnetic protractor (I don't know if they necessary though, they are in the thinking about it basket at the moment).
That drawing was just a quick scribble in paint, purely for the forum question
the detailed image is still inside my head.
Stay tuned to this thread if you want to follow my progress