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Re: [ATM] Next part of the project

To: "Francis J. O'Reilly" <atm@atmlist.net>
Subject: Re: [ATM] Next part of the project
From: Richard <cnc@cncservo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:13:27 +0000
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Hi Francis,

Sunday, March 11, 2007, 11:02:17 PM, you wrote:

FJOR> I wanted to try to make an
FJOR> equatorial mount by casting the parts myself. I was dissuaded from this in
FJOR> favor of an Alt-Az mount

I'd be interested to hear why you were persuaded toward an  Alt-Az mount
and away from  a proper Equatorial mount, especially when portability is
probably not an issue if you are making it in metal.

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Best regards,
  Richard in the UK

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