Big day for me tomorrow!

Frank - I never bought into emoticons but I am impressed. They are a language - I never thought it was possible to say that much just with emoticons.

Mark

Good stuff Dave. That's a bargain!
Best of luck with it.

Michael.

phoenix wrote:

A 2 hour drive .....hmmmmmmm! I can surely make it in a lot less time than that..... Hello my name is Dave G, here to pick up the mount and my accountant will be here in an hour with the cash :X :X

Indeed - visions of that classic movie scene "I'm Grennan" "I'm Grennan" "I'm Grennan"

Anyhow, this update is from McDonalds in Newry

dmcdona wrote:

Indeed - visions of that classic movie scene "I'm Grennan" "I'm Grennan" "I'm Grennan"

Didn't see that one, I was always to embarrassed to go in and ask for 'that sort of movie'

dmcdona wrote:

Anyhow, this update is from McDonalds in Newry

Looks like I better hire a helicopter so!

Yes, Dave, I expect you're going to love it.

As long as the scope doesn't hit the pier, it'll go about 18 hours past the meridian (at which point it will shear your Dec motor cable). In about another 24 hours it will have stretched your coiled dew heater cable until it shears too. Then it'll go for days, around and around, until you return to your observatory (in horror). Don't ask how I know.

-- Jeff.

Well my new baby arrived today and I'm well impressed. I have it set up on the floor in the living room while I become aquiainted with it. The fit and finish of everything about it is awesome. I can't get over just how massive it is. Not just in size but in strength and rigidity. If you try to stop it by hand while it is slewing the mount lifts up off the ground and sound of the motors does not change one teeny weeney bit.

Tomorrow I begin the business end of installing this in the observatory. I will eventually get one of the AP rotating pier adaptors but for mow I'll just be attaching to a flat plate with some teflon as a bearing surface so that the underside doesn't get scratched. When I have it up and running I'll post some photos.