Hi DMers, It's cold and icy outside, so I thought I would share some pics of the dolly I made for my DM-4. I am in no way a woodworker and only have a minimum...
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Tom Peters, DiscMounts
discmounts
Feb 10, 2011 7:33 pm
LOVE IT !!!!! Tom But what's "cold and Icy outside" mean?? I heard it means I can't wear shorts and a t-shirt.....but I can imagine that could be true! Thank...
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randyroy777
Feb 10, 2011 9:56 pm
Now that you mention it, it's not so bad. My friends in E. Ark where it hit -18f last night would love to have my balmy 25 deg weather! It's all relative,...
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jkharris86
Feb 18, 2011 12:16 am
Fellow DM'ers: I have just sold my DM-6, and the buyer informs me it is missing one of the set screws that hold the encoder shaft and keep it from spinning. I...
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Tom Peters, DiscMounts
discmounts
Feb 18, 2011 4:20 am
John, Mr Beerbower emailed me. I asked him to check to insure he is actually missing a screw. There are two holes in each shaft, one for a set screw one to let...
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jkharris86
Feb 18, 2011 11:01 pm
Tom, Thank you for personally helping! It means a lot to me as well I'm sure to Mr. Beerbower. Best regards, John...
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discmounts
Feb 19, 2011 4:41 pm
We will be at the Winter Star Party from Feb.26 through March 6, NEAF is April 16 & 17 we will be traveling April 12 through April 21. I'll have inventory at...
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mattiewolfhound
Feb 20, 2011 5:52 am
Tom, Thanks for passing on the dates. Hope you get some opportunity in these trips for some r and r. You deserve it! Thanks for all the help that you have...
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Roy Ramdeen
deepsky_01
Feb 24, 2011 9:08 am
I am still looking around for a form fitting tripod carry bag for the standard DM-4 tripod only, any recommendations! When I last looked at the Orion cases...
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discmounts
Feb 24, 2011 1:03 pm
The hardest thing to coupe with as you age is the passing of friends and family. Last year we lost Milton Wilcox a long time DM-6 owner. I'm sad to say I...
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three_thirty_cic
three_thirty...
Feb 24, 2011 1:53 pm
Roy: You're going to need something over 50" long (measure yours just to be sure) and it's helpul to get one with a side-pocket long/large enough to store the...
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three_thirty_cic
three_thirty...
Feb 24, 2011 2:56 pm
Tom: Please convey my condolences to the Wilcox and Desjardins families. Tom...
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jonathan king
plossl55
Feb 24, 2011 7:53 pm
On evenings when I take out my TMB refractor(bought from TMB when he was with us) I sometimes intone "hello Thomas!" when I bring a DSO into focus... Best...
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Roy Ramdeen
deepsky_01
Feb 24, 2011 11:46 pm
This sure shows we won't last forever, sad to hear the passing of Ray and I know Milton raved about his DM-6, will have to look for both when pointing towards...
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Roy Ramdeen
deepsky_01
Feb 24, 2011 11:47 pm
Thanks Tom, I will follow up Roy E=mc² ... Thanks Tom, I will follow up Roy E=mc² On Feb 24, 2011, at 6:53 AM, "three_thirty_cic" < td_family@... >...
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discmounts
Mar 10, 2011 6:37 pm
New Products About a year ago, I made hints of a tray that would mount on the top of the DM-4 and DM-6 mounts to hold eyepieces. At that time the material I...
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Mark 1
mistermgd2002
Mar 10, 2011 10:16 pm
Tom, You should post pictures of the tray containing eps hooked up to the mount. Mark D. ... Tom, You should post pictures of the tray containing eps hooked up...
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Tom Peters, DiscMounts
discmounts
Mar 10, 2011 10:35 pm
There are pictures in the Users Group Album section. One album has the TEC-180 and a separate album has some of the eyepiece tray. If you sort by "Last...
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bqbauer
Mar 11, 2011 3:53 am
My only disappointment with this & virtually all EP trays is their focus on 1.25" EPs. I wish someone would make one with more 2" than 1.25" holes. All of my...
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Roy Ramdeen
deepsky_01
Mar 11, 2011 6:21 am
Hi all, Great report Tom on WSP. Finally we get to see what the elusive tray looks like. Thank god I bought the 11" Mac Air, it would perch nicely on this...
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Tom Peters, DiscMounts
discmounts
Mar 11, 2011 1:45 pm
The size of the tray was based on the Web Computer; I didn’t want to go bigger. After all the holes were put in for mounting the tray to the mount, mounting...
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Tom Peters, DiscMounts
discmounts
Mar 11, 2011 2:09 pm
That’s a disadvantage of the DM-4. I have the old tray mounted on my DM-4 and it’s not as bad as you might think. The DM-6 has slides so the tray can be...
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Robert Pitt
rpittal
Mar 11, 2011 10:31 pm
Hello Roy: I was able to purchase an eyepiece tray from Tom at the WSP for use on my DM6, with an Explorer Scientific 127ED. I didn't mount my notebook on the ...
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Roy Ramdeen
deepsky_01
Mar 11, 2011 10:54 pm
Thanks for the insight Bob, I can now visualize how it all fits together. In making reference to the DM-4 that doesn't have the sliding top plate, assembly...
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DaveA
adamsdp1
Mar 15, 2011 11:45 pm
My wife ordered an Ipad and am thinking of how it can be used with my discmount and SkyCommander. My favorite star atlas is the Cambridge Double Star Atlas and...
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randyroy777
Mar 16, 2011 2:43 am
Dave, I usually do not respond to postings when I have no idea of the answer, but the topic does interest me. You might want to pose this to the Sky Commander...
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Roy Ramdeen
deepsky_01
Mar 16, 2011 2:48 am
Skysafari and DSS browser is the apps I seem to use the most. I do all my observing push to using RA/DEC. If you would like remote operation Skyfi is...
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DaveA
adamsdp1
Mar 17, 2011 12:14 am
Hi Randy, I'll try to remember to keep you posted but please feel free to contact me, my memory is not great for some things. I downloaded SkySafari for use...
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DaveA
adamsdp1
Mar 25, 2011 10:44 pm
Randy, I ordered a StarSeek module from Oceanside Photo & Telescope last week and it came in this week. I also downloaded the SkySafari software for the Ipod...
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Chuck Gulker
cgulker
Mar 26, 2011 12:52 pm
<< using the two RJ-14 to DB-9 cables (one came with the SkyCommander and the other came with the StarSeek) mated together to form one cable. >> So you used...
