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Re: wheels
I have ordered the Scope Roller 70: 100mm AlPu? for astrophoto Thanks for all help.
By George Anderson · #83462 ·
Re: Cable Snag
What I do with the G11 is mimic what the DEC motor cable does by routing the camera cables (power and USB) between the clamp knobs, contained with a silicone band around both knobs. I use a fairly
By Ed Harp · #83461 ·
Re: G11 is more noisy now when slewing
This is for tucked-in motor adjustment, but similar adjustment would apply to the older motors, mounted on the outside: https://youtu.be/Vqqjz40qAu4?feature=shared Check out other videos on how to
By Paul Kanevsky · #83460 ·
Re: G11 is more noisy now when slewing
You may want to contact Losmandy about parts for the non-tucked motor design. My tucked motor G11G2 has two outer spur gears under a black oval cover, and the gearboxes go between motor and bottom
By John Kmetz · #83459 ·
Re: G11 is more noisy now when slewing
It could be the gearboxes. I believe Losmandy refers to these as the Spur Gears, but I could be wrong. The two gears under the oval covers for both RA and DEC.
By Gary Martin · #83458 ·
Re: G11 is more noisy now when slewing
First thought is that your drive motor(s) have loosened up and are not meshing tightly. If you loosen the 2 screws and then try to turn the motor CW or CCW and see which makes the sound less, then
By John Kmetz · #83457 ·
HC Button operation
I don't really use the HC much other than to set safety limits and manually slew around after I adjust the worm gear. During the last few days I've been using it more often for those purposes and I
By Ryan Noonan · #83456 ·
Re: G11 is more noisy now when slewing
Gary, Are you sure it isn't the motor gearboxes? Mark C
By Mark Christensen · #83455 ·
G11 is more noisy now when slewing
Bought my G11 with Gemini 2 new in 2017. I has worked perfectly for all these years with not much maintenance. It does not have the tucked in motors. I just recently noticed it is getting a bit noisy
By Gary Martin · #83454 ·
Re: wheels
The casters look to be the same model used on HF's dollies designed to support a vehicle's weight at each tire which I've used. HF has a pretty large selection of casters. I like the kick down lever
By George Cushing · #83453 ·
Re: Maintenance
Mike, I agree with most of what you are saying. I particularly agree that the Anderson Powerpoles have a lot of advantages, they are solid, make a good connection and a solid contact, have good power
By Paul Homer · #83452 ·
Re: No phone or internet at Losmandy
I haven't hiked it, but have driven to the top of Mauna Kea.? Fire is probably not a big concern, except for the effect on seeing if a large fire, or volcanic eruption were to occur with winds
By hormann@... · #83451 ·
Re: Large Dec Backlash
I've observed the same behavior with my g11g. I took it (mount RA head and mini) in for the software and firmware upgrade and asked Scott to check the SLW. He re-adjusted it and same behavior. I found
By crocco1250 · #83450 ·
Re: wheels
I use these under many of my shop tools like table saws and band saws. The wheels are most likely too small for traversing gravel, dirt or grass but the concept is simple and buying one of these to
By Mike Colyar · #83448 ·
Re: Maintenance
In a better world . . . I¡¯m wintering in Baja far from my scopes and have run out of new places to explore on my dirt bike thus I¡¯m reduced to browsing through the 80,000+ messages on here.
By Mike Colyar · #83447 ·
Re: wheels
I received email from Mr Nugent this AM.? Very good. I worked for 4 startups in Silicon Valley in 80s-90s timeframe.? All went belly up.? I'm still poor. :(
By George Anderson · #83446 ·
Re: Large Dec Backlash
Here is one more video that shows the actual worm BLOCK adjustment: Here ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmcEYhat7jE&list=PLeM-apAbabi3fDW_qj93eHmrKFDfhRjfn&index=1 ) Sorry, this is the one I
By Ryan Noonan · #83445 ·
Re: Large Dec Backlash
Hey Ryan, Ryan here. I've been where you are. I wrote this post to explain my approach to the spring loaded worm adjustment: SLW Worm Block Adjustment (
By Ryan Noonan · #83444 ·
Re: Large Dec Backlash
And to further clarify. I have a good PA within 30 arcsec of error. Seeing is not the issue as this is consistent across every night.
By Ryan · #83443 ·
Large Dec Backlash
I sent my mount in within the past 6 months to get the L6 upgrade, ra/dec extension, and springloaded worm addong. I started noticing after this it is taking forever to get calibration and after
By Ryan · #83442 ·