Re: G11 Tripod Question
OK thanks, will have to have a rethink of my project then :)
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Pete Wilkinson <pete.sigma957@...>
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#63585
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Re: G11 Tripod Question
HI pete If you mean where the G11 mount drops into the legs, it¡¯s closed on mine. Pretty sure it¡¯s closed in general Thanks Brian portfolio https://www.brianvalentephotography.com/ Sent: Tuesday,
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Brian Valente
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#63584
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G11 Tripod Question
Hi, The underside of the G11 tripod head (the older fixed leg version) between the legs, is it open or closed? Thanks Pete
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Pete Wilkinson <pete.sigma957@...>
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#63583
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Re: How is the belleville washer solution working?
Hi Michael, Yes, using two Bellevue discs was very tight with the 2-piece bearing blocks, I had to squeeze and push harder to get the backlash right. A difference may have been in how we created the
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Chip Louie
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#63582
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Re: How is the belleville washer solution working?
My calibrations are always awful, and from seeing how many folks bring that up here, endemic to this mount and/or PHD2 and this mount combined. I may recheck/reset the calibration step stuff, but I
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Anthony Q
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Re: How is the belleville washer solution working?
Thanks Anthony I don¡¯t know how much (or if at all) you are looking for feedback on the guiding, but a couple observations: Pretty choppy night, you might consider increasing your exposure to 3
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Brian Valente
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#63580
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Re: How is the belleville washer solution working?
Guide logs from last night's imaging session, (Iris Nebula)... https://openphdguiding.org/logs/dl/PHD2_logs_DrYG.zip If I take out the sections where I was refocusing, I get around .78" RMS. I'll take
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Anthony Q
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#63579
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Re: How is the belleville washer solution working?
Sorry Chip for my error. I also tried two Belleville washers small end to small end, but there was barely room in an OPW for that, so I don't recommend that. The force remains 7 pounds max but the
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Michael Herman
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#63578
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Re: coupling set screws in newer Losmandy G 8 11 DEC
Joe, The video you attached shows your Oldham coupler gap is too large and possibly the retaining grub screws are loose based on the clicking noise and obvious gaps shown. There should be no obvious
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Chip Louie
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#63574
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Re: How is the belleville washer solution working?
Hi Michael, No, you misunderstood my post. The Bellevue discs used singly or in pairs requires that the large end of the spring disc presses against the outer bearing shell, not -[](- against the
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Chip Louie
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#63573
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Re: How is the belleville washer solution working?
8" at 1457mm. It was a good night! Consistent except for occasional turbulence. I'll post PHD2 logs later. Now to shoot darks...
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Anthony Q
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#63572
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Re: How is the belleville washer solution working?
I'd be interested to see your guidelogs when you finish this session. I recall you are shooting a 12" or 14" ota? wrote: -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com
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Brian Valente
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#63571
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Re: How is the belleville washer solution working?
Decent seeing tonight, but the PEC and mechanical stuff is playing into this:
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Anthony Q
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Re: coupling set screws in newer Losmandy G 8 11 DEC
Joe you covered a lot of ground there my friend. i definitely get you're frustrated and it sucks to spend a lot of time on a hobby that is just endless frustration I think if you look back on our
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Brian Valente
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#63569
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Re: coupling set screws in newer Losmandy G 8 11 DEC
No-one here works for HGM (Scott¡¯s company) nor do we have any means to influence him. Are you anywhere near Michael Herman? I¡¯ve sure there¡¯s a good chance he could adjust that for you. David.
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David C. Partridge
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#63568
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Re: coupling set screws in newer Losmandy G 8 11 DEC
Joe i didn't suggest you don't have mechanical issues, i just asked what your backlash was You also suggested you have northern backlash issues, which doesn't make any sense, mechanical or otherwise
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Brian Valente
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#63566
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Re: coupling set screws in newer Losmandy G 8 11 DEC
First, back up the T handle screw a few turns and loose those two cap screws with an 1/8 Allan key then you should be able to lift the OPW housing/cover vertically. The only thing hold the cover is
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Teddy Wang
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#63563
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Re: coupling set screws in newer Losmandy G 8 11 DEC
HI (again) Joe! Usually people discover DEC backlash when moving south (i.e., calibrating via PHD). Backlash is not direction specific, it's when you reverse direction in guiding that it becomes
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Brian Valente
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#63562
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Re: coupling set screws in newer Losmandy G 8 11 DEC
the latest losmandy video explains what's connected to the cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmcEYhat7jE hth Brian [email protected]> wrote: -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio
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Brian Valente
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#63561
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Re: How is the belleville washer solution working?
My graphs pre and post PEC from last night are below. I am feeling pretty good about the PE corrected result, and am tired of futzing with the mount mechanics, so unless someone else sees something
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Anthony Q
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