Re: ATM Worms and gears

[Andy Hochstetler <andyhoc@mindspring.com>]

Andy Saulietis wrote:
<< I view making your own precision gears as not cost effective unless 
you're
going to sell enough of them to pay for the tooling. It's kind of like
making your own eyepieces or secondary mirrors, or doing your own 
aluminizing.
These things are possible to do yourself but probably not economically 
because
they all require expensive special tooling.
>>

That's what I suspected, but wanted to confirm this.  The scope I'm 
currently making will probably get used mostly for visual use, but I plan 
on doing a bit of astrophotography in the future (probably more as I learn 
more about it).  So I want to get the most accurate gears that I can 
afford.  Obviously, the more accurate the more I'll pay.  What should I 
expect to pay for a decent set of gears?

Andy H.