RE: [APML] G11 - Please HELP!!!!

["Tom Loebl" <loebl@banet.net>]

In the short term you may be able to add some spacer washers to take up the
gap  (approx 32MM ID)....

Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-astro-photo@seds.org [mailto:owner-astro-photo@seds.org]On
> Behalf Of Ulrich Beinert
> Sent: February 01 2001 5:32 PM
> To: APML
> Subject: [APML] G11 - Please HELP!!!!
>
>
> Those wonderful four boxes arrived today, and unfortunately, I
> already have
> to run to the list for help - this is really unbelievable! I thought the
> mounts were so great? Anyhow, I set everything up, only to
> discover the "N"
> button on the control didn't work - doesn't move when I press it.
> OK, so i'm
> going to get a new control box.
>
> But then I wanted to tighten the axis clutches, which works fine
> on RA, but
> the Dec. axis seems to be too long!!! When tightening the clutch, it stops
> at one point, but not because the resistance is too great - it
> stops because
> it runs out of thread on the declination axis! This means I cannot tighten
> the dec. axis at all, and the saddle plate just moves around back and
> forth - no way of doing astrophotography! Has anyone experienced this
> problem before? I've posted a picture of the area in question here:
> http://members.nbci.com/analemma/g11.jpg (50Kb). It seems that
> the dec. axis
> is simply too long, especially as there is extra thread sticking
> out at the
> bottom of the clutch, unlike the picture of the G11 on Losmandy's
> web site!
> I really hope someone can help me figure this out - I'd hate
> having to get a
> new mount....
>
> Clear skies, but without a mount....
> Ulrich    >>www.analemma.de<<
>
>
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