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Old 24-09-2019, 12:25 AM
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Now I found what happens in the mount and cause the friction.

It's only when the cluthes are open I have friction. When closed and tracking it rotates with the two other roller bearings and then it's almost no friction. Good!

Some photos from when I testing this:
http://www.astrofriend.eu/astronomy/...ebuilding.html

For me it had been better without these clutches, less complicated and more compact, save some kg also.

If I ever build my own mount it shall not have any clutches and no gearboxes. It shall have direct driven 3-phases DC motors. For the moment only a dream.

Until then I collect information:
http://www.astrofriend.eu/links/link...rivemount.html

/Lars
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