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gnowellsct
professor emeritus
Reged: 06/24/09
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Hey Charlie,
I have had over a thousand hits on this post, do I get a prize?
Seriously, I never dreamed that I would generate this much interest, it has really been fun for me and I want to thank everyone that has looked and posted comments.
Cheers, Richard
Ah, but you were helped along by my subtle wit. So subtle it almost got missed! Greg N
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"Aperture will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no aperture."
featuring selected astrojunk:
bunch o' widefield eyepieces
bunch o' narrowfield eyepieces
couple o' Barlows
couple o' scopes
couple o' mounts
couple o' tripods
and a pier 'n' stuff
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Timber
sage
Reged: 11/08/08
Posts: 394
Loc: SW foothills of Mt. St. Helens
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Hi Greg,
You are correct, I did miss it and had to have help, actually not too unusual at my age, and I do appreciate all the help I can get. Thanks for staying with me.
Richard
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My four beautiful Saluki's; Barron, Sophie, Majnun and Kassandra, and I live on a small, rural, remote farm.
No close neighbors,
No streetlights,
No private security lights,
No power poles,
No traffic,
No TV,
No HOA 
No Mosquitoes
Rather Wonderful
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David Pavlich
Postmaster
Reged: 05/18/05
Posts: 8633
Loc: Mandeville, LA USA 30.22 X 90....
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Hey Charlie,
I have had over a thousand hits on this post, do I get a prize?
Seriously, I never dreamed that I would generate this much interest, it has really been fun for me and I want to thank everyone that has looked and posted comments.
BTW, I think I have figured out a way that I will be able to handle the pallet and the mount by myself and I am going to the Winter Star Party in Feb and I hope to be able to bring it all and set it up for viewing. I won't know any of you but if you are there and come by and say hello I will show you the unit in person. There shouldn't be very many attendees with Red Ford pickups with Washington State plates. Hope to see all of you there.
Cheers, Richard
Richard....you have to remember that most of the guys in each section, be it Cats&Casses or CCD Imaging all have a common thread, and that is mounts. Show a unique mount or one that can carry an enormous load, and your's qualifies on both accounts, and you generate INTEREST. I check this thread everytime I'm here. 
David
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Proud Member; PAS NOLA,
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research..."
A. Einstein
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Charlie Hein
Postmaster
Reged: 11/02/03
Posts: 7959
Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W
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Hey Charlie,
I have had over a thousand hits on this post, do I get a prize?
What? Owning this isn't enough? 
Charlie
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"He's dead, Jim - I'll get his wallet, you get his tricorder." - Leonard "Bones" McCoy
Weston CSC:
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Timber
sage
Reged: 11/08/08
Posts: 394
Loc: SW foothills of Mt. St. Helens
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Hi David,
Thank you, and everyone else, for your continuing interest, this has been and is still fun for me.
I apparently was in a very expansive mood yesterday thinking I would take the Byers to the WSP and while I still think it is doable, in the cold light of morning I don't think it is very practical. I will still be there and will try to meet as many of you as I am able to, I just don't think I will have the Byers with me.
Richard
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My four beautiful Saluki's; Barron, Sophie, Majnun and Kassandra, and I live on a small, rural, remote farm.
No close neighbors,
No streetlights,
No private security lights,
No power poles,
No traffic,
No TV,
No HOA
No Mosquitoes
Rather Wonderful
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Timber
sage
Reged: 11/08/08
Posts: 394
Loc: SW foothills of Mt. St. Helens
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Charlie,
You are right, I am satisfied, thanks for my being able to share with everyone.
Richard
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My four beautiful Saluki's; Barron, Sophie, Majnun and Kassandra, and I live on a small, rural, remote farm.
No close neighbors,
No streetlights,
No private security lights,
No power poles,
No traffic,
No TV,
No HOA
No Mosquitoes
Rather Wonderful
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David Pavlich
Postmaster
Reged: 05/18/05
Posts: 8633
Loc: Mandeville, LA USA 30.22 X 90....
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Quote:
Hi David,
Thank you, and everyone else, for your continuing interest, this has been and is still fun for me.
I apparently was in a very expansive mood yesterday thinking I would take the Byers to the WSP and while I still think it is doable, in the cold light of morning I don't think it is very practical. I will still be there and will try to meet as many of you as I am able to, I just don't think I will have the Byers with me.
Richard
Taking the Byers is probably not a good idea. The other observers would wonder what the truck crane following you was doing there. 
David
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Proud Member; PAS NOLA,
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research..."
A. Einstein
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Timber
sage
Reged: 11/08/08
Posts: 394
Loc: SW foothills of Mt. St. Helens
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You're pretty close David, my wonderfully creative idea was going to include a portable gantry crane. When I was trying to describe it on a post I was trying to compose for all of you I realized that a couple of my marbles had come loose and I had to get them back into their proper places. 
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My four beautiful Saluki's; Barron, Sophie, Majnun and Kassandra, and I live on a small, rural, remote farm.
No close neighbors,
No streetlights,
No private security lights,
No power poles,
No traffic,
No TV,
No HOA
No Mosquitoes
Rather Wonderful
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tomn2
newbie
Reged: 10/14/09
Posts: 3
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1001............awsome "art"
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Timber
sage
Reged: 11/08/08
Posts: 394
Loc: SW foothills of Mt. St. Helens
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Hi tomn2,
Welcome to CN. Yep, better than Jackson Pollock for me.
Richard
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My four beautiful Saluki's; Barron, Sophie, Majnun and Kassandra, and I live on a small, rural, remote farm.
No close neighbors,
No streetlights,
No private security lights,
No power poles,
No traffic,
No TV,
No HOA
No Mosquitoes
Rather Wonderful
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Gordon Rayner
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/24/07
Posts: 965
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About 15 years ago, I traded with Ed Byers for a nearly complete mount "equivalent in capacity to the Series II". It uses pillow blocks for the RA axis. The gearset is 11.xx inches. There is a polar alignment scope. The Dec assembly looks just like the Series II, but I have not painted the aluminum. There are several counterweights. The welded aluminum tripod stand is the same as shown in your photo, and he painted it and included the Byers nameplate, as on yours. It has fine adjustment for polar azimuth alignment.
Lacking are the two sideplates, because the lattitude of the observer was not known. The design has limited lat. adjustment, unlike the continuous adjustment on the Series II. A rotary table or CNC routine could cut short curved slots, or one could use plain holes for one or more locations. I was to make the sideplates, but have not done so. I need portability, and that mount, and whatever it might support, are too heavy for enjoyable portability. I do not have any remaining parking space for the trailer which would be required, nor a pallet jack.
There are Hurst ac motors, and a drive. Go-To retrofits for Series II and this one are available from Germany.
I was a long-time night school machinist, but became involved with other things. I now have a SouthBend drill press, a 12 inch disc sander, a pedestal mounted grinder-polisher, and a chopsaw with a non-ferrous cutting blade. I sold a milling machine, for which I lacked space, and did not really need, as I had access to a big shop, and probably will again next year.
I want to sell the mount, but the machine work would need to be subcontracted. The straightforward approach is to sell the mount and let the customer make or have made, the side plates. I have the Byers drawing of his side plates , from pre-Series II days.
I took digital photos , but the file sizes are too large for this website. I shall retake those views .
Will someone please advise value? I am in southern California.
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Timber
sage
Reged: 11/08/08
Posts: 394
Loc: SW foothills of Mt. St. Helens
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Hi Gordon,
I will be in SoCal at Thanksgiving, maybe we can connect. Send me your contact info on PM and the photos.
Richard
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My four beautiful Saluki's; Barron, Sophie, Majnun and Kassandra, and I live on a small, rural, remote farm.
No close neighbors,
No streetlights,
No private security lights,
No power poles,
No traffic,
No TV,
No HOA
No Mosquitoes
Rather Wonderful
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