On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM, George Cushing wrote:
Michael H's friction disks are made from what looks to me to be high temp automotive gasket material. They are very similar to the system used by Celestron on the Nexstar one armed mounts. These again are not designed for rigid mount of the saddle and should have limited slippage to protect the drive train components.
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I was an early proponent of Michael Herman's high friction clutch discs and I use my Losmandy G11G and GM8G mounts for both imaging and visual. But if you are a dedicated imager and will never use the mount in PUSH-TO mode as it was designed to be used they are great.? I used the high friction discs for a year and a half and they never really broke-in.? They have a much higher friction level than the stock Losmandy plastic clutch discs and they do not like to be used in the slip mode, they are grabby and in the cold they can be noisy making a creaking sound when being asked to slip.? So when Scott rebuilt my G11s to the latest G11G specs he tossed them and installed new discs which restored the great PUSH-TO freedom I prefer.? ?
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Chip Louie Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware?
Astrospheric Forecast - South Pasadena, CA?
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Chip Louie