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RA Drive Completed.


Graham

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Thanks David

On the last leg now.

 

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I continue to marvel at your engineering skills Graham.

They should do a feature on this in Astronomy now....

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Thanks Rob.

Been doing this engineering lark for over 40 years now.

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It has as far as I remember some thing like 843 teeth .

It is written on it so I can check in the day light.

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Just a few.

My gear ratio works out at around 60,000 motor steps per revolution.

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6 hours ago, Ron Clarke said:

Looking good Graham, won't be long now!!!

Yeah hurry up graham ???

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Amazing work ?

I was wondering if you work to drawings or is it all in your head Graham and you just crack on with it?

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I transfer it from my head onto cad so I can get dimensions sorted. 

It can very often change as I am making the stuff as I will see a better way of achieving what I want so then it is done on the fly.

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That's it.

Both drives are all sprayed up and ready to be fitted tomorrow. 

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12 minutes ago, Smithysteve said:

Good for you Graham, chill out now! ?

 

No time for that.

Got to sort out a motor so I can lap the drives in ?

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Thanks Phil.

I am been at it for a few hours now.

Just loading some videos of the process onto You Tube.

Will put them on here once they have done.

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