Lusty
sage
Reged: 08/24/08
Posts: 263
Loc: Florida USA
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Here's one: Chick, me nd Don + modified 1970's vintage Park's mount.
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john D
All you have to do is ask!!
Reged: 08/05/07
Posts: 5682
Loc: Midlothian, VA
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my Meade LXD55!
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United States Marine Corps! Oohrah!
Meade ETX-125
Edited by john D (09/25/08 05:20 PM)
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Lusty
sage
Reged: 08/24/08
Posts: 263
Loc: Florida USA
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Here's a novel way to treat a telescope drive. It has weathered many a storm and observing session.
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Spyke
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 07/22/03
Posts: 2574
Loc: Scotland
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My new Vixen Porta, complete with Manny Myles Panhandle upgrades. Looks good in white, eh!
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Helios "Special" 150mm f8 achro (pimped) - now gone to a new home :-
Lyra Optic 102mm f11 (Kunming) achro
Celestron/Vixen 90mm f14.4 achro
Swift 839 60mm f13.5
Intes Micro M603 MC
Orion 180mm MC
Lunt LS60THa/B1200PTDS50 (solar Refractor)
Vixen GP, HEQ5 Syntrek, modified AZ-3, AZ-4 mounts
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clintwhitman
Caveman
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 5125
Loc: CALI SoEasyACavemanCanSlewIt
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Clint:
What a great mount restoration! The combo must be very effective and stable.
Jeff
Thanks Jeff. Old man Byers made 100 of these and it is a really nice work of art. Very light and can hold 100 pounds without a problem. The 6" F15 Was built buy the imfamous John Pons that many folks know and love. The mount laughs at the little scope. I think Ed Byers designed the 812 to do this hold your 1965 cave at 2 arc seconds or so!! I have been able to pull off a 3 minute photo with it! Clear skys and Keep posting those old mounts I love looking at them!! Caveman Clint Whitman 
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Clint & Debbie Whitman (aveman JOIN US AT CSPAMP V Classic Telescopes, 9" AP ThePEARL, 1946 4" Tinsley Saturn Telescope. 1970 4" Unitron 155c,1954 100mm Unitron Brass 152. 1950s Nippon Kogaku refractors 5 CM, 6.5 CM. 1965 10" F8 Cave Astrola, G-11 ST2000xm
Edited by clintwhitman (10/05/08 07:25 AM)
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clintwhitman
Caveman
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 5125
Loc: CALI SoEasyACavemanCanSlewIt
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Byers 812 mount Restored Clint (caveman) Whitman at the StarOak Ranch!!
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Clint & Debbie Whitman (aveman JOIN US AT CSPAMP V Classic Telescopes, 9" AP ThePEARL, 1946 4" Tinsley Saturn Telescope. 1970 4" Unitron 155c,1954 100mm Unitron Brass 152. 1950s Nippon Kogaku refractors 5 CM, 6.5 CM. 1965 10" F8 Cave Astrola, G-11 ST2000xm
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nofxrx
Vendor (HyperCams & Mods)
Reged: 07/12/05
Posts: 4861
Loc: Palm Bay,Florida
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Here is my widefield imaging rig..also,the mount can easily handle imaging with my C9 @ F/10 with VERY nice results...
Celestron CI-700 mount(currently installing DSC's) with Orion ED80 and WOZS66SD (in white,love thier new white finish)...
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Brent Oliver
1 Loving Wife with a bun in the oven, and 3 dogs!
HyperCams&MODS
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Jared
Post Laureate
Reged: 10/11/05
Posts: 4554
Loc: Piedmont, California, U.S.
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Here is my Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO mount that I use primarily for astrophotography. Rock solid and ridiculously low periodic error. Best of all, it fits in the two-seater so I don't need to drive the mini van on those precious nights when I drive up into the mountains!
As well as my "grab 'n go" mount--a Takahashi Teegul SP on a light weight, wooden tripod. I may need to upgrade the tripod a bit sometime. This one is just a little bit too light, and vibration takes a full three seconds to damp. With something a bit sturdier I could probably take that to under two seconds.
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- Jared Willson
- TV 60iS refractor
- 80mm SV/LOMO refractor
- A-P 130 EDFS refractor
- Planewave 12.5" CDK
- A-P 900 mount
- A-P Mach1 GTO mount
- Takahashi Teegul SP travel mount
- SBIG STL-11000 C1 camera with AO-L
- Some heavily light polluted skies
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DL Sharp
member
Reged: 10/05/05
Posts: 44
Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio
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It's not as nice as some of these other mounts, but this one is mine, and I love it!
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David
Orion 10-inch F/4.7 Newtonian
Celestron CGEM Mount
Meade ETX-125AT
Orion ST-80 on EQ-1 Mount
Meade AR-5 Refractor (For sale, pickup only - contact me for details)
Cincinnati, Ohio
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David Pavlich
Transmographied
Reged: 05/18/05
Posts: 21117
Loc: Mandeville, LA USA
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Hey, Jared...that Vixen/Mach I sure is a pretty setup. The white scope just sets off the beautiful finish of the AP. 
David
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Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
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Jared
Post Laureate
Reged: 10/11/05
Posts: 4554
Loc: Piedmont, California, U.S.
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Thanks, David. It's a great combination--I get a lot of pleasure from it.
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- Jared Willson
- TV 60iS refractor
- 80mm SV/LOMO refractor
- A-P 130 EDFS refractor
- Planewave 12.5" CDK
- A-P 900 mount
- A-P Mach1 GTO mount
- Takahashi Teegul SP travel mount
- SBIG STL-11000 C1 camera with AO-L
- Some heavily light polluted skies
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Stingray
member
Reged: 09/18/08
Posts: 16
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Is This legal? C11 on a Meade LXD75 Mount?
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tim53
Postmaster
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 7146
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Hi folks:
It took me a while, but I finally got my Sidereal Technology goto kit installed in my pre-goto Takahashi EM-500 mount. With help from another member of the SiTech yahoo group, I swapped the 10:1 gear reducers on the Pittman servo motors with a 60:1 for the RA axis and a 20:1 for the dec (the 10:1 seemed to slip on RA, drew too much amperage, and got too warm).
The drive is absolutely silent while running (I can't even hear it when I put my ear against the mount). Due to the reduction, it's audible when slewing in RA, but dec still is hard to hear. I've got both axes set to slew at 3 degrees/sec, which seems fast enough to be having that OTA swinging around in the dark, for me.
Here's a pic, taken with my cell phone, of my 12.5" f/23 Cassegrain (Enterprise Optics = Ed Beck) on it.
-Tim.
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Recent acquisition: Tulley and Sons 3" achromat on Altazimuth mount, circa ~late 1820s
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AlexN
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 08/09/08
Posts: 1202
Loc: Brisbane - Australia
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Heres my EQ6 in a few different configurations..
Planetary imaging (new)
Planetary imaging (old)
Wide field Deep sky imaging
First scope mounted 
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Custom Made 10" F/3.8 Newtonian Astrograph
EQ6-Pro
SBIG ST-8300M
FLI CFW 2-7
Astrodon 5nm NB Filters
Astrodon I series LRGB
OAG + QHY5
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RobertED
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 07/11/03
Posts: 2766
Loc: Johnston, RI
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Here is a backyard view of my ORION Atlas EQ-G non-goto mount and the C-11 scope it came with. It doesn't have many miles on it...but the observatory set-up should now change that!!!
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41 deg 51'08.20" N , 71 deg 32'08.32" W
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donnie3
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/15/04
Posts: 2240
Loc: bartlesville oklahoma
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this is my new pier mount with a cg-5 head. i had it made at a welding shop, total cost $95 not including the wheels. it has 2 1/4" legs and the pier is 4" with a adjustable inner steel pipe. cart wheels and adjustable levelers on each leg. solid as a rock. i have a smaller one but it could not handle too much weight. this one really fills the bill. don
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donnie3
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/15/04
Posts: 2240
Loc: bartlesville oklahoma
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another photo
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donnie3
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/15/04
Posts: 2240
Loc: bartlesville oklahoma
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one more
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Fish
professor emeritus
Reged: 10/13/07
Posts: 599
Loc: Norridgewock, ME
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Here's what's in the recently finished observatory, built mostly for solar work. A Meade LXD650 driven by The Sky 6.0.
Yes, I know it's a bit overloaded . . . it's on the list!
Regards, Marc
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Goseck Observatory
Meade AR-5 & Baader Solar Wedge
Orion ED80 & LS75FHa2/B1200
Meade 102ED & LS18CaKMDd2
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EddWen
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 04/26/08
Posts: 870
Loc: Here or There
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Very nice job on a great mount.
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Edd Weninger
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Nexstar 11 GPS Questar 3.5
A-P 900 A-P Traveler
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A-P 155EDF A-P 1200GTO Coronado SolarMax 90
Orion ED80 Baader Mk V bino-viewer
CGE STV Canon 18x50IS
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