Quarter Hitch somewhat rough altitude movement
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Hi, I have a new to me quarter hitch mount. It is very nice, super smooth in the azimuth, and smooth in altitude with the slow motion. However, it is a bit rough when hand pushing in altitude. I notice the engagement surface and metal cylinder that pushes on it seems slightly rough.? If I wanted to very gently polish this surface to smooth it, would that be ok to do? And if so, any suggestions for what to use to do it?
Thanks for the help, and the respository of information on here. |
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I’d leave it ALONE! The issue is with the mechanical ?“wearing” of the “hard” anodised surfaces. When using the slo-mo controls this sense of “roughness” is unnoticeable. ? You are likely to DAMAGE the contact surfaces by making them out of round. Then the slo-mo controls may not produce smooth, clean vibration-free and backlash-free movement. ?( and nothing you do after that will restore that functionality ).? Forget about this and just use the mount as is. On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 11:05 AM Mark Manner <mark.manner@...> wrote: Hi, I have a new to me quarter hitch mount. It is very nice, super smooth in the azimuth, and smooth in altitude with the slow motion. However, it is a bit rough when hand pushing in altitude. I notice the engagement surface and metal cylinder that pushes on it seems slightly rough.? If I wanted to very gently polish this surface to smooth it, would that be ok to do? And if so, any suggestions for what to use to do it? |
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Makes sense to me. The slow motion controls feel fine, just a little rough when hand pushing the dovetail saddle assembly. I haven't yet mounted a scope, and I suspect that with some weight and lever arm I won't notice the push-to roughness as much,
Thanks for the advice. Lovely little mounts, super rigid! |
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That grittiness you feel I noticed from day one until now more than a decade later! Ignore it! I took the HH ( and SkyCommader DSC ) in a backpack ? (plus my SV90TBV in a checked Storm case) to OzSky in March 2009, along with a 36mm Celestron ortho, a 24 mm Pan and the then new Ethos 13; (and I also checked my Berlebach UNI 18 tripod, CRAZY Eh?) The Richest Field views were amazing in Coonabarabran, NSW. The mount just is near perfect for 60-90 mm f/7 or faster scopes (or a small 5” IntesMicro Maksutov which I once owned ). I did place a small riser between the top of the Berlebach Uni18 and the base of the HH to get near vertical mount clearance for my 90 mm f/7 SV90 TBV: I repeated that adventure in 2014 but wised-up and purchased a new Gitzo, Systemic-5 ?GT 5562LTS that weighs 6 lbs and collapses to 18” ( now unfortunately discontinued ).? On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 1:00 PM Mark Manner <mark.manner@...> wrote: Makes sense to me. The slow motion controls feel fine, just a little rough when hand pushing the dovetail saddle assembly. I haven't yet mounted a scope, and I suspect that with some weight and lever arm I won't notice the push-to roughness as much, |
Mark Manner
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