T Gaunt Optician, Melbourne - Equatorial mount

[Astromelb]

I have a "T Gaunt Optician, Melbourne" ultra heavy duty Equatorial mount. The Eq head is around the 60 Kg mark, and the vast iron pier is around the 80 Kg mark.

The unit is dual axis (without drives, worms or wheels and motors) and I want to motorise it in both axes, and seek the appropriate engineering supplier to assist me in getting the system motorised.

Also if sone I In S'ers have some information about T Gaunt and the gear he made, as web research provides little supporting information.

Thanking the team for their support and guidance.

[Ingrid (Bridgit)]

T.Gaunt was the clockmaker who made the 'Gog and Magog' clock in the Royal Arcade. It would appear that this man and his company was very versatile as I have a magnificent 15ct brooch made by this man. It has the most magnificent moonstone that is almost an inch in diameter. He is famous for his clocks but I think this multi-talented person has many other surprises waiting for us to discover.

[netwolf]

This is a US based company that does what your after
http://gototelescopes.com/
Lenord currently uses the SitechServo system from Dan Gray for his goto systems.

You might want to join the SitechServo yahoo group to see mounts other people have converted to this system.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sitechservo/

Another option if you are willing to spend more money (or find a second hand one), is the Byer Worm drive.
The only current source i am aware of is this Ebay store.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Telescop...__W0QQ_armrsZ1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ED-BYERS-9-compl...3%3A1|294%3A30


The other is Amart where sometimes used ones do come up time to time.


Regards
Fahim