Hi, Is it possible to use the ST8 ccd camera to autoguide a mount with the autostar 497 ?? Do I need a software like K3 in order to interface the ST8 autoguide...
... Yes, you can autoguide with K3ccdtools, or any package which speaks "LX200 serial protocol". And, if your telescope uses LXD motor units, you -may- be able...
Hi, The ideia is to guide with a GP mount using the 497 and DS motors. Thanks, Andre ... Visite minha astropage: http://moutinho.astrodatabase.net [Non-text...
Hi, Does your mount looks like the page 5 of this: http://www.meade.com/manuals/TelescopeManuals/Reflectors/Meade114STEQ- D.pdf If yes, I think it's not quite...
well, im back from my favorite metal surplus yard, and have a 8X818 chunk of aluminum, ill be cutting a 8 inch chunk off it to mill out the body of my mount, i...
Hi John: I just got some bearings from here: http://www.vxb.com/page/bearings/CTGY/Tapered-Roller My homemade mount has 1.6" shafts, and I used Timken tapered...
A very good question. I have been pondering bearing choices myself for similar reasons. I've tended towards double row opposed angular contact bearings - but...
I used press fit needle bearings. http://goto.codebest.com/eq5as9.jpg http://goto.codebest.com/eq5as10.jpg And of course you can see my entire design here ...
Sealed, precision tapered roller bearings with a 1.5" bore, in opposition, are expensive but will likely give you the best results. Without knowing the...
Can anyone tell me if the wiring harness that attaches to the connectors on the LXD55/75 motors is easily removable? That is, is the connector on the motor...
Tapered roller bears seemed to be the other choice that people suggeted to me. However, it appears that the outside of the bearings are tapered, and I was...
On the last units I have inspected, although it looks like a removable connector - it is not. Warp bierbelly <tsteinberg1@...> wrote: Can anyone tell...
Ah, fair enough - I will investigate further. Much easier to machine everything in parallel! Perhaps I will use a tapered roller at one end and an aungular...
Thanks for confirming my findings. If it's removable, it certainly isn't easily done. I hesitate to pry it or pull too hard on it. BB ... removable connector...
Hi, Tom, My EQ3-2 mount runs happily with a 4" refractor. And a friend of mine has an EQ5 mount with a 6" f5 refractor. The DS motors struggle a little with...
... Thought as much. This is all very much in the thinking stage at the moment. A few experiments in worm wheel manufacture seem promising. Certainly 240...
ive got a 360 tooth gear(byers) on my C8+ and i converted it over to the DS motors, i also used a 120 tooth gear converted onto the fork arm, it takes me 5.5...
Have you timed these things? What speed are you slewing at ? Perhaps new batteries are in order :) My 360 tooth setup doesn't take anywhere near that long. ...
yup, used a timer, sat here and sat here, what setting are you using under the telescope choice? Please have a speedy cure for me, i was going to tear it...
Hi, John, Going on my EQ3-2 mount times, approx. 5 degrees per second with a 65 tooth gear, your 360 tooth gear should slew around 0.9 degrees/second. So 180...
Everyone, I am mounting LXD55 motors onto CG5. I had to replace - mount the gears from the LXD55 mounting with the gears on the CG5 mounting. I doing so the...
The internal worms of the CG-5 and LXD-55/75 are the same so no changes to the Autostar gear ratios need to be made once you have selected one of the LXD-55/75...
