Hi Andrew - I got a chance to do some testing outside before the clouds came: - Polar align appears to work (the scope moves normally) but at the end the...
Gday John ... But what about aligning itself??? I cannot find a way to start the scope and polar align without the OTA crashing into the stops You are starting...
Just two more questions this time about the wedge if you don't mind Dr Clay. If my Latitude is 37.35 will this necessitate an angle of the tiltable scope...
You should certainly have at least as much metal under the wedge plate as it he wedge is long on the base; however I always recommend 12-15 inches as a...
Hi Jeff, Think of it this way, If you were at the equator, your mount would have to point at he Northern horizon. At the North Pole it would point at the...
OK Thanks!! I think i get the picture. I was thinking of a thicker base plate than that on the two sides but only if it works out economically viable by the...
Thanks for your explanation Jeff. Yes of coarse!! the zenith is always 90 deg, Providing i get the angles marked correctly on the wedge then i shouldn't have a...
Thanks for your explanation Jeff. Yes of coarse!! the zenith is always 90 deg, Providing i get the angles marked correctly on the wedge then i shouldn't have a...
It's as easy as this!!lol. I'll have to cut mine with a grinder and a very thin steel cutting disc as i don't have the use of a "Radial Arm Saw", however i...
Hi Andrew - For polar, I boot the controller and immediately set the mount in autostar to polar and do an "easy" align...then put the scope in polar home. (I...
Actually I was surprised at how easy cutting thick aluminum plate is with a radial arm saw with a carbide tipped blade. Be aware it is very noisy and you must...
Actually, using a high tooth count carbide blade and going very slow is very good in aluminum, as long as the aluminum is not aircraft aluminum which is very...
Gday John ... Hmmm, maybe thats it. The mount style is maintained in EEprom over booting, so you shouldn't need to reset to Polar each time ... I'll try that...
Greetings, I have a very bad and sinking feeling about my 12" LX90. When I went to turn it on last night, I noticed the RA motors weren't working. Declination...
You left the power on for two weeks? RA clamp locked? If so you have undoubtedly damaged the motor and/or encoder, and very likely have heat damage to the...
Ugggh. Thanks, Dr. Clay. I was afraid of that. I'm sure this will be E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E. Hopefully I can still get my daughter into college this fall. Jim W....
Jim, my LX90 RA motor died in January. I had to replace the motor assembly ($140) and circuit board ($40). Meade supplied the assembly and board and I did the...
Let's hope for Jim's sake that the solution is this simple; your fix was fairly straightforward....there is a lot more at risk when power is left on...
Andrew, Before I sent my 59Ef off to Dick, I did have some problems with positioning after a goto. It did not stop tracking, but there was noticable drift...
Gday Mark ... I'm pretty sure it did if you were Alt Az, but only one axis stops if you only use one arrow Also, you have to be in a lower level submenu before...
Hi Jim, You could try convincing your daughter that college has been cancelled this year - due to swine flu, or some such !! Good luck - I am just about ready...
... Meade supplied you with the parts? They flat out told me "No" when I attempted to order a new circuit board for the RA drive this past winter. I finally...
Why don't you forward this Forum thread to either Steve Murdock or Brent Kikawa at Meade (CEO and Director of Marketing Services, respectively). Their email...
I am shipping it back to Meade. The estimated (paid in advance) repair bill is $300. This includes replacement of the R/A gearing and a complete check of the...
I have stated many times before: when not in use, UNPLUG EVERYTHING. Not only can issues like this pop up, but every wire going into the scope, whether it is...
I think you have to ask them nicely. Jeff ... Hopkins Phoenix Observatory Phoenix, Arizona Counting Photons www.hposoft.com/Astro/astro.html [Non-text portions...
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