Astroscot2

Well i do have some play in mine in dec and i suspect some movement in

RA! although that may just be my imagination . In dec its worse in one position

and the hand controller says its approx 2' s worth ..... what to do? Where's the booze

I will try give it a try around the full rev of the dec worm tonight,   I dont recall seeig any blanked off holes in the dec housing, need to check this.

Mark

This sounds as if it might be OK to me. The thing is, is it consistent all the way round? If it is you can adjust the tension of the mesh should you find you need to. I'm guessing you have the version with the three blanked off holes on the Dec worm housing? These seem to have been introduced to facilitate this. Don't screw the blanking plugs all the way in, ever. They can drop right inside.

Olly

Thanks Olly.  I did try the very same method you mention above last night, I would detect the slightest of movement in th dec, at first I thought the dovetail plate was not sitting in the saddle correctly,  The movement is ever so slight - I can just detect it by hand and sound I cant see it by eye? does this sound right ??

Having bought my mount 2 weeks ago and stil not had first light due to the weather this thread is making me very nervous indeed and I dont need that. How obvious is the backlash? Are we talking you can rock the mount and see the backlash clearly or is the issue during guiding?  Can anyone confirm the best way of testing ?   Wound not mind seeing some positive reviews  - think I will read Gina's thread agin ;-)

Mark

Nightmare, sorry to hear that Gina

I admire you guys and gals pushing this forward, Gina, you must be running out of cameras now !

Well done Gina, loving the dedication to this task. fingers and toes crossed for you.

Agreed , avoid the zoom binos from Lidl, its like looking through 2 straws from what I remember.

Regards

Mark

After patiently waiting 5 weeks for a price from Epsilon for 3 replacement secondary adjustment screws (I know your busy, but c’mon) and no response from Astroparts I dropped an email to Bob at Bob’s Knobs in the US.

Great service from these guys and I highly recommend them, Bob came back to me same day with confirmation on thumb screw sizes and after payment I received the parts I needed in 4 days! His web prices included international shipping too.