Daz Type-R Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Welcome to the forum by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Hi Fred, I followed Darren's guide but chose to secure both parts of the lazy Susan to the ground board and the top board. I do this by first screwing the bottom of the bearing to the ground board an ten turning it over and drilling an access hole and then placing the top board onto the lazy Susan then screwing it in place via the access hole I no longer have my 200P on a Dob base I have it mounted on an NEQ6 Pro but the lazy Susan made things so much easier and to adjust the "Sticktion" I used the milk bottle washer method as in Darren's guide. Welcome to the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardano Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Hi Fred, I followed Darren's guide but chose to secure both parts of the lazy Susan to the ground board and the top board. I do this by first screwing the bottom of the bearing to the ground board an ten turning it over and drilling an access hole and then placing the top board onto the lazy Susan then screwing it in place via the access hole I no longer have my 200P on a Dob base I have it mounted on an NEQ6 Pro but the lazy Susan made things so much easier and to adjust the "Sticktion" I used the milk bottle washer method as in Darren's guide. Welcome to the forum Thanks for the info ! About mounting you 200P on a NEQ6, isn't it too high for viewing ? I may in the future follow the same path and buy a NEQ6 for astro-imaging. But for now I'm only on visual observations. And thanks everyone for the welcomes ! Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Hi Fred, I followed Darren's guide but chose to secure both parts of the lazy Susan to the ground board and the top board. I do this by first screwing the bottom of the bearing to the ground board an ten turning it over and drilling an access hole and then placing the top board onto the lazy Susan then screwing it in place via the access hole I no longer have my 200P on a Dob base I have it mounted on an NEQ6 Pro but the lazy Susan made things so much easier and to adjust the "Sticktion" I used the milk bottle washer method as in Darren's guide. Welcome to the forum Thanks for the info ! About mounting you 200P on a NEQ6, isn't it too high for viewing ? I may in the future follow the same path and buy a NEQ6 for astro-imaging. But for now I'm only on visual observations. And thanks everyone for the welcomes ! Fred It can be a little high but nothing a small step and an extra tube ring (so I can rotate the OTA) doesn't cure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardano Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Hi Kim. That's my guide. Link also in my signature below. Excellent guide Daz. I will need to put a setting circle so I will not be able to put the slide glides near the border. They will need to be put near the LS. I will give a try and see how it works. Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Excellent guide Daz. I will need to put a setting circle so I will not be able to put the slide glides near the border. They will need to be put near the LS. I will give a try and see how it works. Fred I'm fitting a setting circle too over the next few weeks (waiting for it to get printed) , I now have to move my slide glides closer to the lazy Susan bearing, just as you describe. Another thing you will have to do is to counter sink the screws that hold the OTA arms on, as the slide guides will fowl the screws if left as they are, meaning you can not turn the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 Excellent guide Daz. I will need to put a setting circle so I will not be able to put the slide glides near the border. They will need to be put near the LS. I will give a try and see how it works. Fred Hi Fred, You may encounter "wobble" if you don't have the glides towards the outside of the groundboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardano Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 First try (without slide glides) and just by tightening the center bolt I can't that smooth rolling but not too loose. I will work with this a few time and see if I need the glides. I took some pictures of my setup today and I will post them later. Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dardano Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I also removed the 3 white teflon pads to make my setting circle even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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