I picked up a 10" Dob from Andrews today. I know ... raining in Sydney. I consider this my contribution to the drought relief efforts...
Anyway, when assembling the base, I found I was missing the "bearing system" and "bearing system plate" as described in the limited instructions. It is supposed to go between the two chip board base plates.
Could someblody with the same dob confirm that I should have these two pieces. The base seems to be working without it. Should I take it back to Lee to swap it for a new one?
That's what I thought Ice, but the instructions clearly shows a circular object similar to a wagon wheel, and another solid circular object, between the two base plates.
The instructions are very limited, just pictures, no step by step guide.
i did not have one either, i believe the teflon is what is to be the bearing system. do not worry about it. it does show on the instructions, but it is not there!!
i have added a lazy susan bearing system to mine for $12, real smooth now, but a bugga in the wind.
eveything is ok.
now, how excited are you......well done....did you go the crayford....tell us all about it!!!!
i sound like a teenage girl finding out a fellow girlfriends exploits at the movies with a new boyfriend....
bugga it, what colour, did you get a right angled viewer... have you named her yet......
Even if you did get the funny looking thing like a Wagon Wheel we would all say "THROW IT AWAY".
It is a real pain to use and they should not include it with the scope! I can vouch for what David said above: the wind moves the scope with the dumb wagon wheel set-up.
There should be 3 teflon sliders on the base so it can slide around. I hope you got those at least. If not, just go to a hardware shop and buy a pack of 'Super-Sliders' and stick them on. You only need 3.
In my case the packet came with 4 so I placed one in the centre as a support.
It is pissing down in sydney. so at the moment it is an expensive piece of metal
I got the deluxe, crayford etc. grey metal, black base
All I have managed to do is align the focuser. I used a distant electicity pole that was sort of visible.
I got the cross hair thing from Lee to help me collimate, but I have no idea what I am doing. I will wait till the images look like they should be better before I even attempt to collimate.
Thanks heaps for the quick replies to my query. If you don't have one, then I won't wory too much. Maybe it is only on the 12" base.
What was that thing that you said you have? Where did you get it from, and what is involved in setting it up?
pic 1 is a 610mm wide 44 gallon drum mover and pics is a lazy susan
Mick Pinner can source the drum mover if you need to help roll around the dob (no good on grass) and most engineering shops / bearing shops will have the 12" lazy susan.
Keep in mind i will be driving this with motors, so i need a very smooth frictionless surface, the down side for hand moving, is that it is very touchy!!!
Starting this thread Cap'n reminds me of a bit of fresh horse dung in the middle of a paddock & watching the flies POUNCE on it! Lets call this forum: DOBinspace! I'm an EQ owner, so I better skedadle outa this thread now! Good viewing to you Captain!
will you have topless waitresses, quick honey i need some money to buy an eq!!!
It is good to see the captain has gone out in the rain to get some moon shots thru the clouds! well done
captain , when you come back in, where is you lovely wife sleeping tonight. it gets a bit cramped with a 1250mm long 10" wide monster under the sheets. and the scope too!
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... raining in Sydney. I consider this my contribution to the drought relief efforts...
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Good viewing to you Captain! 
