Can you get a longer (or not curly) cord between the Orion Accufocus unit and the hand controller? It's no-where near long enough when the top of the scope is 2.5m off the ground and the laptop table is 1m off the ground.
Mike, I took my accufocus and cable to a local electronics store and the guy there made me a cable on the spot!
He used normal telephone cable (not the curly stuff, the straight stuff ) and put the right plugs on the ends for me.
Mine is 10m long. The plugs look like telephone plugs but are smaller. They are common, and electronics shops carry them.
All up it cost me $12
Also, great to see you got the 12" on the EQ6. I'm still too scared to put my 12" on my EQ6. I don't wanna break the gears in my mount.
Mike, I wouldn't be too concerned with the bubble level. It is helpful to be level but it isn't absolutely essential. It just may take you slightly longer to get your drift alignment right.
Mike, I wouldn't be too concerned with the bubble level. It is helpful to be level but it isn't absolutely essential. It just may take you slightly longer to get your drift alignment right.
nice setup mike. can't wait to see images coming out of it from you. 1 question i was thinking.. wouldn't that kill the bearing and gears in the long run putting the 12" on the EQ6? i think my setup right now is very close to yours weight wise with my 10" + ED80.
Mike in regards to the alt-az adjusting bolts it is common to replace them with hi-tensile (stainless if possible) steel hex headed bolts. They wont bend and you can use a wrench to turn them.
The threads are both the same M10x1.5 about 100mm long for alt and 40-50mm for az. I got mine with nuts to use for locking, but probably not necessary.
Try Bunnings I think that's where I got mine from.
yeh I'm not worried about the bolts, just wanted to see if he had anything fancy on the end
Nothing fancy just regular hex bolts, although I did see a suggestion about using socket head bolts so you use can use an Allen key, but couldn't find any.
The threads are both the same M10x1.5 about 100mm long for alt and 40-50mm for az. I got mine with nuts to use for locking, but probably not necessary.
One other thing I just remembered, and that's where the nuts came in handy.
One of the bolts had burr on the thread and some crap in the grooves that needed a bit of extra force to get the nut over it, I had to run the nut up and down several times to remove it.
I suspect the bolts are tougher than the mount material and the burrs or shavings could damage the thread.
) and put the right plugs on the ends for me.
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