[APML]: Byers drive

[Mike Regish <mregish@map.com>]

Chuck,

That is my drive exactly except that yours has 3 wires coming out of the
motor and mine has 6 and a flat female plug/connector.

I was wondering if the motor itself comes off of the reduction gear unit
or if they are an integral unit. I can take the motor and reduction gear
off with 2 screws, but don't see a way to take off just the motor.

When I asked about exposure times, I meant the exposure times for your
autoguider. I figure that the better the drive the longer the guider
exposures you can use and thus, the easier it is to find a guide star.

I'm going to call Ed Byers Co. tomorrow and see about changing out the
motor or motor/reduction gear on an exchange basis. I get the impression
from Astromart that DC steppers are more expensive than AC synchronous
motors. Would that be right? I didn't have any direct comparisons-just
an impression from prices I saw.

How is the $1000 price tag on this drive. Would you say it's an average
price or a good price? It's a brand new, unused drive.