Thanks for posting, Chuck. Nice work. 73 Sent from my iPad On Aug 24, 2013, at 8:33 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
My old Jaegers 1" shaft GEM is solid as a battleship, but it came from the factory with a cast aluminum universal saddle that was meant to bolt-on tubes from 3" to 8" OD. Today we use dovetail plates to attach telescopes to German equatorial mounts, a much better system as it allows easily adjustable balance, and easier use of multiple OTA's on the same mount.
This summer I converted that old Jaegers mount to use Losmandy style dovetail plates, just as my modern CGEM mount uses. It will breathe new life into that old mount. I plan further upgrades as time permits, such as a DEC slo-motion, and a better RA drive gear. But for now it's already much more user-friendly than it was, and more versatile.
Here's the thread I posted tonight over on CN:
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/6044004/pag...
Comments welcome, both on this board and CN.
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