· 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: << 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | >> (show all) old_dog_zero_one scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 07/30/07 Loc: Schenectady, NY, USA, Earth,So... Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: tim53]       #3919937 - 07/13/10 08:53 PM Attachment (191 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Just received today! My new (to me), used, Celestron CG-5 mount! Of course it's going to rain here for at least through the weekend! Post Extras:       ion professor emeritus Reged: 04/26/08 Loc: Bortle Scale 2 Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3941633 - 07/24/10 03:16 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Post Extras:       tomo professor emeritus Reged: 06/14/10 Loc: Shelby Twp, Mi Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: ion]       #4004890 - 08/25/10 08:30 AM Attachment (197 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Overloaded and loving it..... Edited by tomo (08/25/10 08:30 AM) Post Extras:       Avi professor emeritus Reged: 12/19/09 Loc: San Tan Valley, Arizona Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: tomo]       #4005162 - 08/25/10 11:11 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   CG5 mounted on my huge steel/concrete pier Bolting on the 8" reflector and ST80 this week! Post Extras:       donnie3 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/15/04 Loc: bartlesville oklahoma Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Avi]       #4008295 - 08/26/10 09:07 PM Attachment (149 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   MAN!!!that cg5 mount is a real work horse. i have the none goto version and its really been a solid mount. ive never put that much weight on it. im thinking real seriously about getting the goto. have you had any problems with its goto setup. ive got mine on a table top i built. thanks, don Post Extras:       Lightning super member Reged: 07/04/10 Loc: Canberra, Australia Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: donnie3]       #4010754 - 08/28/10 02:35 AM Attachment (143 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well, here's my offering. EQ-3 mount (haven't seen one so far in this thread, though the CG5 is basically just this with a computer and black plastic housing) with home-made solid aluminium dovetail and sewer pipe clamshell. That's holding a Celestron 102mm F/5 achromat that I really love and an Olympus binoviewer originally from an AX-70 photomicroscope that I bought surplus from my work for very little. I really love the binoviewer too, but I hate the angle it's on. Unfortunately to put a 2" diagonal on I need to chop the back end off the scope to get to focus. Maybe this summer I'll build a new focuser... Post Extras:       hori58 member Reged: 08/19/09 Loc: Bacska Serbia Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Charlie Hein]       #4010973 - 08/28/10 09:18 AM Attachment (205 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   HOME MADE ALT-AZ Post Extras:       Lightning super member Reged: 07/04/10 Loc: Canberra, Australia Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: hori58]       #4012129 - 08/28/10 09:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That's awesome Hori! What kind of motors power the axes? Looks brilliant. I'm very tempted to try making an astrographic mounting instead of a GEM, so I can track passed the meridian (which yours would be with an equatorial wedge under it). Post Extras:       Bob Myler scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 05/18/06 Loc: St Louis, MO Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Lightning]       #4014324 - 08/29/10 11:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Welcome to Cloudy Nights, Hori. You too, Lightning. Impressive work. Kinda looks like one of those high tech robotic arms at an automotive assembly plant. Would you please share with us how this mount functions? Post Extras:       DoctorNoodle Pooh-Bah Reged: 07/14/07 Loc: Lawn Guyland, NY Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: Bob Myler]       #4014970 - 08/30/10 10:34 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hori58, I'm unable to stop looking at your photo! There's a certain beauty about home-built equipment that can go beyond functionality and enter the realm of the artistic. Is it your own design? Did you machine the parts yourself? Whether you did or not, that's one great-looking mount! Post Extras:       PhilCo126 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/14/05 Loc: coastline of Belgium Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: DoctorNoodle]       #4033367 - 09/08/10 07:52 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Superb mount Hori58 Does it work as good as it looks? Post Extras:       rzep8 member Reged: 09/11/10 Loc: Flemington, NJ Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: PhilCo126]       #4041518 - 09/11/10 09:30 PM Attachment (146 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi All! Brand new to the site. Finally got my venerable old 812 to be autoguided. Who sez you can't teach an old mount new tricks Edited by rzep8 (09/11/10 09:38 PM) Post Extras:       ThorBob super member Reged: 11/22/06 Loc: Nova Scotia Re: Post a picture of your mount!! [Re: rzep8]       #4056485 - 09/18/10 11:37 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My good ole HEQ-5 on its new Berlebach Planet tripod. One wonderful chunk of wood! Thor Post Extras:       lunar Carpal Tunnel Reged: 07/03/10 Loc: NY, United Sates Re: Post a picture of your mount!! [Re: ThorBob]       #4056511 - 09/18/10 11:49 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That looks very professional! The views have got to be incredible! Post Extras:       Lightning super member Reged: 07/04/10 Loc: Canberra, Australia Re: Post a picture of your mount!! [Re: lunar]       #4058071 - 09/19/10 04:34 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Love the tripod Thorbob! The HEQ5 looks like a really nice mounting. Post Extras:       nik hodges scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 04/20/07 Loc: UK Re: Post a picture of your mount!! [Re: Lightning]       #4058120 - 09/19/10 05:54 AM Attachment (170 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   my beloved AP900, now permanently installed in my obsv Post Extras:       jmclaugh2001 super member Reged: 02/27/06 Loc: Reynoldsburg, Ohio Re: Post a picture of your mount!! [Re: nik hodges]       #4061650 - 09/20/10 06:28 PM Attachment (136 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Just an old Meade mount on a homemade tripod. John Post Extras:       Bob Myler scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 05/18/06 Loc: St Louis, MO Re: Post a picture of your mount!! [Re: jmclaugh2001]       #4064888 - 09/22/10 12:42 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Old maybe - but well matched! Nice tripod. Post Extras:       roc.ls1864 Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/16/10 Loc: Blue Ridge Mtns. of Virginia. Re: Post a picture of your mount!! [Re: Bob Myler]       #4065544 - 09/22/10 10:54 AM Attachment (136 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   my new fangled old parts camera system mount I call this the "SMUDGE-SSSW" for: Sturdily Mounted User Driven German Equatorial- Sexy in a Scientifical Sorta Way!!! Post Extras:       tclehman1969 super member Reged: 05/18/10 Loc: SF Bay Area, California Re: Post a picture of your mount!! (Part 3) [Re: hori58]       #4068765 - 09/23/10 06:31 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Incredible, Hori! Nice work! Post Extras:       Pages: << 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | >> (show all) Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 23 registered and 39 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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