Re: GM8 Counterweight Bar Won't Thread In
Thank for the reply Michael. Good tip to use a bottle brush to clean out the threads. And I've seen others mention using a strap wrench, so I'll look to get one. I guess I'm not sure if I should force
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Ken Black
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#72961
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
You used too much TVC and the overcorrection shows in the guide logs.
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alan137
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#72960
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Re: GM8 Counterweight Bar Won't Thread In
Hi Ken, The threads on my counterweight shafts are tight also. I don't know what the spec is or even if there is a soec on the thread suze. Probably matched up at the dmfsctory when new. It's hard to
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Michael Herman
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#72959
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GM8 Counterweight Bar Won't Thread In
Hi All,? ?I'm a new GM8 owner, and new to trying astroimaging.? I ran into a problem that I can't seem to figure out.? A couple of nights ago, when tearing down at the end of the session, the
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Ken Black
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#72958
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 01:27 PM, Brian Valente wrote: > > Hi Peter > > Can you post your guidelogs for that night? that would be?great, thanks > toggle quoted message Show quoted text (
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Peter Boreland
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#72957
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Re: New G11G with subpar guiding
I was able to run the baseline sequence last night, in the attached guide log this is the 55m section. This was on a fresh install of phd and using a new profile created using the new profile wizard.
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Vishal Billa
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#72956
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
Allan, I measured the backlash with TVC = 0 and PHD2 returned a value of just under 2s. With TVC = 85 (0.14 arc-sec step resolution) , or 21 at 0.57 arc-sec step resolution,? the backlash measured in
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Peter Boreland
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#72955
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Re: New mount guiding calibration
Hi Bill, The WO 50mm is what I used for awhile before I moved to a larger guide scope. I had to insert one 1.25" eyepiece extension to gain proper backfocus. Even with the threads full out there was
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John Kmetz
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#72954
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
I know what the real backlash is, I already said, I put it at 2s. It's about guiding performance surely:) Now, I just rebuilt the Dec access using the 1024 encoder and the 25:1 gearbox. I can confirm
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Peter Boreland
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#72953
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Re: New mount guiding calibration
So my first try at calibrating didn't go so well, but it wasn't a mount issue.? I couldn't for the life of me get a good focus with the guide setup that was good enough for guide assistant to be
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Bill Grogan
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#72952
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Re: Need advice selling my Losmandy G11 492 Digital Drive
If the buyer uses PayPal¡¯s Friends & Family but funds it with a credit card, there is still a fee, about the same 3%. It is charged directly to the buyer, though, so there¡¯s no calculating to do
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Les Niles
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#72951
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
Try TVC=0 for "real" backlash numbers.
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alan137
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#72950
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
I got this jpg, i was interested in the actual guidelogs? [email protected]> wrote: -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com <http://brianvalentephotography.com>
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Brian Valente
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#72949
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
Sorry Brian the Attachment did not post...
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Peter Boreland
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#72948
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
Brian, I'm not quite ready to release actual guide logs at this point. I'm still studying problems and making changes etc. I did post the FFT analysis for the attached session from two nights back, a
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Peter Boreland
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#72947
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
Peter, I lost track of the Dec axis configuration that resulted in the reported 40 msec backlash. Are these the most relevant configuration items: -no spring load -homemade one piece worm block -added
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Cyclone
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#72946
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
Hi Peter Can you post your guidelogs for that night? that would be great, thanks [email protected]> wrote:
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Brian Valente
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#72945
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
New bits arrived today. Will change out the Ra thrust bearings a see if reduces the 2600s error shown in the previous posting. These thrust bearings are German sourced from McMaster! Also, received
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Peter Boreland
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#72944
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Re: Need advice selling my Losmandy G11 492 Digital Drive
1. If you choose send money to a friend there are no fees.? You have to really not trust the person you are buying from to force them to pay a fee, which they then charge you. 2. If you ship in a
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Peter Boreland
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#72943
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 08:57 AM, Edward Plumer wrote: > > Fascinating!? From this video, I am also hard pressed to see how this is > not an issue in the Gemini firmware itself since the
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Peter Boreland
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#72942
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