ATM Berry equatorial

[rutherfordt@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us]

Greetings to all.

Has anyone tried to construct the wooden equatorial mount described in
Richard Berry's book for a six inch Newtonian?  If so, any comments?

I currently have an 8-inch f/6 on an ugly (but functional) Dobsonian mount 
and am wondering if Berry's mount would be adequate for it.  Could setting
circles be added easily?  How about a drive?

On a related note, has anyone tried to run the BASIC program which
appeared in Sky&Tel a few years back which printed setting circle scales
on a laser printer?  I have downloaded this program from their website and
cannot get it to function properly.  I am trying to print the scales on an
inkjet printer and all that I get seems to be the results of the
calculations-- not the scale itself!

Any comments will be greatly appreciated>

Thanks to all!

Tom Rutherford       
Blountville, Tennessee        "Why does everyone else my age look so much
36.6 degrees N                             older than I do?"
83.4 degrees W

rutherfordt@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us