 11-04-2005, 1:55 PM
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Tom Rowland
 
Joined on 09-12-2005
Posts 70
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Hi Jim,
I have done a little with the images, but I am also hypertuning my
LDX55 mount. It is in what seems like hundreds of pieces in my
den. I have sanded and polished all of the metal surfaces of the
bearings, and have sorta cleaned the plastic and metal washers. I
still need to trim the washers to get rid of some burrs, and perhaps to
fabricate some new ones. I have ordered some teflon disks to
replace them, but an not sure if I will wait for them to arrive, of
just put it back to gether. I also got some highly recomended
teflon grease.
I will still need to put it all back together, but first I need to
replace the aluminum set screws in the gears with steel ones. And
I also have to paint the shiney slotted encoder wheel that times the
goto flat black to reduce the reflection and improve accuracy.
Once I do all that I still need to update the flash memory with the
latest software I downloaded from the internet, but that only takes
about half an hour once I connect the mount to my computer with the
special cable that came with the kit.
I know this seems like a lot of work, and it is cutting into my observing time.
But to answer your question yes, I am planning to go to Starhill tonite. You gonna be there
Tom
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