A problem solved

[Ibbo!]

The other night I was having a bit of trouble with eratic guiding.

 

Went out and looked at the mount and noticed the Dec motor was at a funny angle.

 

 

 

Then I spotted the crack in the casting

 

 

 

 

After a quick and dirty temp fix I did get a few usable images.

 

 

yesterday aevening I cut a block of aluminium into an "L" shape on the band saw and then onto the milling machine.

 

After a few hours an new motor block was formed, installed and tested.

 

Yippeee round stars again

 

 

Finished off this afters and readjusted the new bit looks a little beefier

 

 

 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Good work!

[RayD]

Very nice work.  Never seen that with a cracked casing, so good find in the first place.

[Demonperformer]

Excellent find & fix. It's good to have round stars again.

[JohnSadlerAstro]

Good work! Tracking down an issue and solving it is a very fun part of astronomy.

Of course, it helps if you happen to have lumps of aluminium and a few milling machines just lying around, waiting to be used!  

John

[souls33k3r]

now THAT'S propa DIY ... good work matey

[barkis]

Well Done That Man .

[Davey-T]

Good job Steve, better than the original.

Didn't know you had a plastic shed like me

Dave

[Ibbo!]

7 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Good job Steve, better than the original.

Didn't know you had a plastic shed like me

Dave

Yep had mine about 10 years now

[Davey-T]

5 minutes ago, Ibbo! said:

Yep had mine about 10 years now

Me too does yours roll off or do you just lift it off ?

Dave

[Ibbo!]

Lift off

 

[Davey-T]

35 minutes ago, Ibbo! said:

Lift off

 

Lifted mine off for a few months before converting to roll off.

Dave

[Ibbo!]

I keep saying I will convert it to a roll off but never get round to it

[Davey-T]

11 minutes ago, Ibbo! said:

I keep saying I will convert it to a roll off but never get round to it

The good thing about it is you can stick it up in a weekend and use it and convert it at your leisure, swat I did

Dave