Wedge/Platform

[hairymunky]

Couple of questions...

Has anyone used or built either a eq-platform, or a wedge for their dob?

I'm toying with the idea of building one (with the help of my joiner friend),

but am unsure which would be the best to make. Im leaning towards the

wedge idea (no field rotation?), so I can try some imaging with the scope.

The only problems I can see with the wedge, is balance (centre of gravity),

and the fact the scope might jump out of the base, which wouldn't be a

good thing

I've also read that the small stepper-motors from old floppy drives can be

used for tracking/driving, but would these really have enough torque to

drive the whole thing???

Any help/comments/advice welcome

Graham