Does anyone know if its possible to upgrade an old cave mount or Meade DS-16 mount with stepper motors and handpad for variable speeds? Thanks for any info, Vince
Upgrading old mount
Started by vbert, 10/19/2004 04:34AM
Posted 10/19/2004 04:34AM
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Posted 10/19/2004 12:07PM
#1
What Rick said 
However, if you aren't real savy with electronics, like me
, you could try adapting an old CI-700 drive or a G-11 or G-8 drive to your scope. The biggest criteria is that you need a worm wheel that has either 180 or 360 teeth. If that is the case then those drives will work great. The nice thing about them is that they already have a nice controller that has various drive rates, slew rates, and pec and backlash adjustment for the dec motor. They also have autoguider inputs that are compatable with most autoguiders out there.
These drive units are routinely available here on AM as owners upgrade their equipment to goto drives.
Walt
However, if you aren't real savy with electronics, like me
, you could try adapting an old CI-700 drive or a G-11 or G-8 drive to your scope. The biggest criteria is that you need a worm wheel that has either 180 or 360 teeth. If that is the case then those drives will work great. The nice thing about them is that they already have a nice controller that has various drive rates, slew rates, and pec and backlash adjustment for the dec motor. They also have autoguider inputs that are compatable with most autoguiders out there.These drive units are routinely available here on AM as owners upgrade their equipment to goto drives.
Walt
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