· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Mounts Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | >> (show all) Mark Jenkins sage Reged: 06/25/08 Loc: Wisconsin Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: LLEEGE]       #3141047 - 06/02/09 01:16 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow! That's just awesome Luke! Are you using a Casady Tandem bar? Post Extras:       LLEEGE True Blue Reged: 03/03/05 Loc: Cloud-chester,NY Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Mark Jenkins]       #3141280 - 06/02/09 07:25 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   With all the saddles and plates I've got, I just made my own. Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: LLEEGE]       #3142398 - 06/02/09 07:31 PM Attachment (624 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Okay, here's one of mine: Mint Super Polaris I bought off craigslist a couple months ago and added an iOptron Gotonova kit to. No mods of the mount required whatsoever - just the gotonova plastic motor covers. Here it is with my also recently acquired TV NP101is, which also required no modifications to either the mount or the rings holding the OTA. Looks like it came from a store like that, in fact. -Tim. Post Extras:       Mark Jenkins sage Reged: 06/25/08 Loc: Wisconsin Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: tim53]       #3148231 - 06/06/09 01:35 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Finally got a nice day to put this together. Balance is not a problem at all. This arrangement eliminates the need for 1 18lb counterweight! Post Extras:       BarrySimon615 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/01/04 Loc: New Orleans, LA Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Mark Jenkins]       #3152372 - 06/08/09 01:41 PM Attachment (556 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is my Light Speed Telescopes "Wagon" mount. Available in about 2000 to 2002, it was made by Charles Riddell (Half Hitch Mounts). Payload capacity is about 60 lbs and it is encoder equipped. Barry Simon Edited by BarrySimon615 (06/08/09 01:43 PM) Post Extras:       BarrySimon615 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/01/04 Loc: New Orleans, LA Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: BarrySimon615]       #3152376 - 06/08/09 01:44 PM Attachment (543 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is another shot giving more a sense of how bit this is. I am 5' 9". Barry Edited by BarrySimon615 (06/08/09 01:45 PM) Post Extras:       BarrySimon615 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/01/04 Loc: New Orleans, LA Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: BarrySimon615]       #3152378 - 06/08/09 01:47 PM Attachment (389 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wagon Mount with closeup of "eyepiece caddy". Barry Edited by BarrySimon615 (06/08/09 01:53 PM) Post Extras:       BarrySimon615 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/01/04 Loc: New Orleans, LA Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: BarrySimon615]       #3152461 - 06/08/09 02:50 PM Attachment (561 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is a homemade mount, an English cross-axis. I got the idea for this way back in the early 80's from a small drawing in "All About Telescopes" by Sam Brown. The cross-axis mount was invented in 1824. Using common galvanized plumbing pipe I designed this mount to work in an open box with a board tilted and off-set 30 degrees from vertical supporting the lower end of the right ascension axis and the inside of the box top at the same offset supporting the upper end of the right ascension axis. When not in use, everything fits inside the box. In addition the telescope tube has enough height above the box top so as to not be obstructed in any way by the box. My mount was featured in the column - "Gleanings for ATM's" in the October, 1983 issue of SKY & TELESCOPE. Unfortunately the mount was sold years ago, but I still have the scope. In truth this setup was a bit cumbersome in this size. Someday I would like to make a smaller version, perhaps suitable for something like an AstroTech 66. In an updated version a smaller box could be attached to a tripod. Here is a picture of the original mount I made before painting. Barry Simon Edited by BarrySimon615 (06/08/09 02:52 PM) Post Extras:       BarrySimon615 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/01/04 Loc: New Orleans, LA Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: BarrySimon615]       #3152465 - 06/08/09 02:53 PM Attachment (425 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Another shot of the English cross-axis. The scope is a 4.25" f/4.1 (Edmund optics) with a traditional 5" diameter tube. Edited by BarrySimon615 (06/08/09 02:55 PM) Post Extras:       Mark Jenkins sage Reged: 06/25/08 Loc: Wisconsin Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: BarrySimon615]       #3152514 - 06/08/09 03:34 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That's cool Barry! Was it adjustable for proper polar alignment?? Post Extras:       BarrySimon615 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/01/04 Loc: New Orleans, LA Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Mark Jenkins]       #3152575 - 06/08/09 04:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Altitude adjustment - tilt of the bottom board and the lid - with the bottom attachment being tilted 30 degrees from vertical, the ra axis is angled at 30 degrees which is what we need for my location in New Orleans. Azimuth adjustment - kick the box with your shoe - we are not talking rocket science here! Barry Post Extras:       Jimmy2K63 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 04/26/09 Loc: Milky Way, Spiral Arm, G2 Star... Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: BarrySimon615]       #3155509 - 06/10/09 10:21 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   But...But...But...it couldn't possibly work. It's not a CGEM or an Atlas or a Tak and it's got that thing in there that looks like a wheel wrench. :-) Very nice mount Barry. Loved Gleaning's. I once built the barn door for astrophotographers I saw there - little manually guided mount with threaded rod, couple of boards, piano hinge, you may remember. Too bad I don't have any pictures of it. You may remember the Edmund's books about mounts and so forth - think Sam Brown wrote them. Lots of good ideas for homemade mounts in there. Post Extras:       drg journeyman Reged: 05/01/09 Loc: Georgia, USA Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Starlighter]       #3162414 - 06/14/09 01:14 PM Attachment (470 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   CG5 Equatorial GoTo Edited by drg (06/14/09 01:16 PM) Post Extras:       lenny arsenault member Reged: 06/09/09 Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: pferendzo]       #3232935 - 07/22/09 06:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I will try and post pictures of one of my starliner mounts in restoration. Lenny Post Extras:       gnowellsct Postmaster Reged: 06/24/09 Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: lenny arsenault]       #3234170 - 07/23/09 11:53 AM Attachment (407 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   AP900QMD on ATS pier Post Extras:       gnowellsct Postmaster Reged: 06/24/09 Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: gnowellsct]       #3234182 - 07/23/09 11:59 AM Attachment (424 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   G11 on Berlebach tripod Edited by gnowellsct (07/23/09 11:59 AM) Post Extras:       Mike Clemens Frozen to Eyepiece Reged: 11/26/05 Loc: Alaska, USA Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: gnowellsct]       #3242413 - 07/28/09 12:53 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   LOVE THE QMD on the ATS!!! Post Extras:       tbone0168 professor emeritus Reged: 04/23/09 Loc: Long Island, New York Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3249386 - 07/31/09 07:05 PM Attachment (410 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Orion 120 ST f/5 on a date with CGEM and Black and Decker.... Post Extras:       MeadeMan super member Reged: 08/25/08 Loc: West Sussex, UK Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: tbone0168]       #3249403 - 07/31/09 07:15 PM Attachment (350 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Meade 5000 series 127mm and 80mm ED APO's on a Tele optic Giro 2 Deluxe and Berlebach Uni 18 tripod. Post Extras:       tbone0168 professor emeritus Reged: 04/23/09 Loc: Long Island, New York Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: tbone0168]       #3249406 - 07/31/09 07:17 PM Attachment (350 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Orion 127 Mak and Astro Tech Voyager....travelling light tonight.... Edited by tbone0168 (07/31/09 07:18 PM) Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | >> (show all) Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 24 registered and 35 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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