Thanks again to everyone who has responded to my questions so far. The
weather forecast for tomorrow calls for clearing so maybe I'll actually be
able to get this thing out under the stars tomorrow evening.
Gregory, I suspect that our polar scopes are the same, or at least very
close. I checked the retaining ring closely this afternoon and there is a
hole in the ring for the set screw you mentioned. It appears that the set
screw has been lost though. I'll ask the mount's current owner but I
suspect he will have not idea about where it's at. He usually preferred to
drift, even when only observing visually. Consequently he pretty much never
used the polar scope and was unlikely to have noticed when the screw was
lost. What do I need to look for as a replacement?
I set everything up in the living room this afternoon, with the scope
mounted, just as I would start a visual observing session. I wanted to see
how things looked and moved with a load on the mount. I also wanted to go
through the little DSC walkthrough in section 6 of the manual.
I noticed that the RA motor ticks quite loudly. Is this normal or am I
likely to encounter the vibration that I've seen mentioned in this forum
several times? Everything was balanced and there was a working load of
about 20 pounds on the mount (not counting counterweights).
Thanks,
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