Can anyone direct me to a good source for a worm gear set for an amateur telescope? I know I could buy a Byers gear, but I don't need that kind of precision...
Lenord Stage offers worm gear sets: http://www.gototelescopes.com/gears.htm I bought a set from him for my RA axis and am quite satisfied with it. Angel Garces...
Thank you Jacques and Angel. These are good suggestions. I'll follow up on them. I've been surprised at how difficult it is to find suitable worm gear sets. ...
this group for exeemple http://groups.yahoo.com/group/7x12minilathe/msearch?query=worm+gear&charset= windows-1252 just join and type worm gear after if you...
alos so simple just put worm gear here in rechearc or worm gear toll or wom gear making and you have all kind of andswer whit next page also the toll is easy...
aussi j'avais ceci dasn mes liens speciaux http://www.atmsite.org/contrib/JSAPP/wormgear/wormgear.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplex_worm professional...
sondanly I have and interrogastion for what kind of mount? equatorial or german? I remember to see on the web a french that built a german whit peugeo ...
Wasn't it one of our members (Don Clement I think) that posted pictures of a great belt drive system? That drive eliminated the need for worm and gear...
Don Clement has a mount with a cable drive which is a variation on a belt drive. I think there are some very nice advantages to it and I plan to make a cable...
English for what? I am still playing with the new GSO focuser and the mor I use it the more I like it.By the way it is a ten to one. ... From: jacques savard...
A two stage drive would require that the first stage turn many revolutions. This is difficult to do with a cable drive. So it's a good system for the end...
Depending on how much control you want over the slumping, and how big the piece is it will start to deform at ~1200'F and most controlled slumping is done at...
I did experiment with drive cable a while back see: http://tinyurl.com/6kvd37 Don Clement Running Springs, California ... on a ... and I ... is that ... gear) ...
This will be my first time grinding a lens and my first time using a tile tool, any suggestions. I've heard of using plywood to mount the tiles on. Does it...
Hi all, I have a doubt about what happen if the secondary mirror is placed in bad position. I made some star test on my 14" project and I couldn't reach a good...
Tony G and Bob May et al... If you follow the link and read carefully, you might notice that there is a serious error (for the newbie) in the paragraph that ...
Hello all amateur telescope makers, I' m planning to make a 16-inch truss tube dobsonian telescope within the next year, according to R.Berry's and D.Kriege's...
Hi Kyriaki, It is possible to fabricate your own Dobsonian drive from scratch and Mel Bartels provided blueprints for doing this over 10 years ago. Check ...
for the motor I used the one from 5 inch floppy disk the very old type full hight the motor is square about 2 x2 you can also used the pc baord directly to...
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