Re: 1st time Gemini 1/G11 use
Welcome to the Losmandy groups!? Many of the folks here are long time users and have a ton of useful info and I hope you find us helpful and that you become part of this great community of users.
As
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Chip Louie
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Re: 1st time Gemini 1/G11 use
Sorry, forgot to mention, have you read the Gemini manual ( http://www.losmandy.com/losmandygoto/gemini_manual_l4.pdf ) ? it’s a bit long but a must if you want to make the most of your new mount
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Jonathan
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Re: 1st time Gemini 1/G11 use
Hi Thomas, let me be the first to welcome you to the groups. Just FYI, there’s another group tailored more specifically for the Gemini 1 controller. Most of the people who hang there also hang here
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Jonathan
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1st time Gemini 1/G11 use
Hi all. I'm new to Groups, and new to the hobby. I am set up with a very old C-11 on a G-11, with G-1 controller. It has power but is not tracking well.
I don't want to be in the 'wrong section', ask
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thomas.clark@...
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Re: Cable Snag
One thing I noticed is that your cables are going between the RA and DEC wires.? I would redo the cable bundle to one side or the other, based on which way the flip goes.? It's a good idea, cheap
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David Malanick
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Re: wheels
I have ordered the Scope Roller 70: 100mm AlPu? for astrophoto
Thanks for all help.
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George Anderson
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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
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Ed Harp
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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
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Paul Kanevsky
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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
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John Kmetz
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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.
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Gary Martin
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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
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John Kmetz
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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
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Ryan Noonan
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Re: G11 is more noisy now when slewing
Gary,
Are you sure it isn't the motor gearboxes?
Mark C
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Mark Christensen
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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
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Gary Martin
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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
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George Cushing
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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
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Paul Homer
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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
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hormann@...
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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
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crocco1250
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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
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Mike Colyar
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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.
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Mike Colyar
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