Has anyone cut replacement gears for the 22 tooth white gear that is attached to the Meade worm drive (the one that has a 2 degree internal taper). My estimate...
I'm just about to updat my 80's Celestron/Vixen SP with these mounts for DS motors. However, the comment below from the Database concerns me. I dont want to...
It is unlikely you will need to make any brackets. The retrofit is usually quite painless. ...just as long as your SP mount has the DEC motor bracket in...
Chris Thanks. This is worth a lot. My old black SP does have the dec bracket. Two small questions if possible. 1. What was the problem shown in the photo...
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Hi I have the old SP and went an alternative route for the RA axis- cut a piece of 6mm and slant the long sides to use the existing grub screw arrangementto ...
I've modified my LXD-500B with 4504/114EQ motors and a #497, and the patch from Mike Weasner. When I did this the latest version of Autostar was 31Ee. In the...
Are you sure you have the axis ratios set correctly? "My advice is free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Network Design Engineer 5432 E. Northern...
... PEC is in the current firmwares for RA axis in Polar mounts. My current patch kits amplify the range of the Custom Tracking to 0.01% instead of Meade's...
Hi all, I've converted my Vixen GP mount to GOTO based on Chris's excellent document, but due to an oversight causing a horrible mount crash at full slew...
That's bad luck - it's usually the small compound gear next up the train that goes, and that can be swapped with a less stressed duplicate from further back. ...
Thanks for the info., Peter. I've emailed John Rose, just in case he still has one and have contacted Bill Vorce to see if he still supplies them separately....
What we need to do is find Meade's source for the motors/gears. I'm sure they aren't fabricating their own gears so it has to be in stock somewhere! I've got a...
Actually I believe that Meade is/was making their own plastic DS gears and other DS motor plastic parts. "My advice is free and worth every penny!" ...
<Sigh> Then all hope is abandoned. Seems a shame to toss a virtually good motor for the sake of one gear (But for the nail, the war was lost....) even though...
Dear Rob Try www.hpcgears.com they make many plastic/steel and brass gears not cheep but fill the space. kind regards peter cooke ... From: Hemmings, R.K. To:...
Sorry to disappoint Rob but that is where I got the brass gears made, but it is only through having contacts there that I was able to get a realistic price for...
Yes, the LXD-75 would be more stable and rigid than your CG-5. The LXD-55 would NOT be better than your CG-5. "My advice is free and worth every penny!" ...
Hi all, Many thanks to those who replied. As John Rose is out of those custom gears, I've ordered a couple of new DS motors (one spare!) from Bill Vorce's ebay...
I have not posted here for some time.Maybe because my eq5 mount is working fine.I am about to buy a eq 6 and would like to use the autostar system.is it...
Hi, Rob, Good to know you got fixed up. An alternative gearbox doesn't need to be the same ratio as the DS gearbox, so long as it's not hugely different - you...
Hi Peter, Good point about the Autostar ratio setting - makes life a little less difficult! I have a hobby lathe and am pretty handy with tools in general...
The EQ-6 is *not* a trivial retrofit. I am nearly finished with a Losmandy GM-8 and G-11 retrofit package if that interests you. "My advice is free and worth...
I was kind of under the impression that the LXD-55 is the same mount as the Apogee EQ-5. Can you confirm this? ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
Yes, the Apogee HD mount and the LXD-55 mount are both made by Jinghua in China. "My advice is free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Network...
... the ... shots, ... right ... and ... little ... is ... that ... The file for the patch says that it adds PECs for 100/130/180/359/360-tooth final drives. ...
... the ... shots, ... right ... and ... little ... is ... that ... Dick's patch kit for 43Ea.. Adds 909APM, blocks "0 to align", Drive Train Display/Edit,...
Hi, Carey, Re PEC, assuming you've set your telescope type to one in the LXD range, you won't have a problem, since 144 teeth is the standard, and the Autostar...
