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I am building an equatorial tracking table for my 18" dob. This album shows the construction.

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The drive is a 6 RPM gear motor that is hinge mounted and has a spring that keeps the two gears meshed. The two gears provide the correct gear ratio to allow the use of the 16 TPI all thread. This along with a 30" tangent arm provides siderial tracking.

Date: 12/02/2005
Full size: 640x480
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