NEVER use WD-40 on ANY part of a telescope or mount. It is a PENETRANT, NOT a lubricant. It penetrates into everything. It dissolves and ruins real lubricants, it can ruin optical coatings, it can

Very interesting technique, thanks for sharing it!

Hi, can someone please confirm the units of the Cust RA and Cust DEC rates in the AP v2 ASCOM Driver? I've read the help file but can't seem to make the mount move in the way I'm expecting it to move

Ok, looks like nobody has done this. I will opensource on github, kind of an interesting example on how to setup a proxy for the mount using Python. -- benoit <benoit.schillings@...> wrote:

Wood is more heat resistant than a strap wrench. If you freeze the metal, then torch heat the stuck insert without heating the CW shaft, then clamp the hot threads in sacraficial (throw away) wood

All I did was clean mine, that is the counterweight shaft, and it did just fine. -- TJF MOBILE

>>>And the only precaution I have ever taken was to apply a thin coat of WD40 to the counterweight bar threads I agree with adding something to threads, but I prefer CLP. I may have lifted that from

Hi Carl, Sorry to hear about the problem, but I am sure that Astro-Physics will have a solution for you. Their support is the best in the world! Regarding this as being an issue with an older batch of

IMHO I believe the design change has a good reason to be and I trust 100% Roland on this. There can always be a few hiccups with new designs, and it might give the feeling it wasn't a good

This problem of counterweight shafts seizing up into the adapters with the new stainless steel threaded inserts seems to be a "recurring theme" Perhaps had the shaft adapters been left alone with the

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 09:06 PM, Michael Kelly wrote: No worries. The other option is to mail the entire assembly to me, I’ll get the pieces apart and ship it back to you in 2023! Free of

No worries. The other option is to mail the entire assembly to me, I’ll get the pieces apart and ship it back to you in 2023! Free of charge, of course!! Please be sure to include all items fir

Thanks Michael! Oh, yes I do know a machinist, but I think I will try the fridge trick, else I'll have to wait a few weeks for him to have time to help me... I have a propane torch, so I might even

My freezer is not big enough, will have to try with the fridge. The sun has set and tomorrow I'll be working from my clients premises, so it'll stay more than 20h at 4°C It still remains extremely

Sorry to hear about this Carl! In my line of work we routinely use an induction heater, but short of that may I suggest putting the whole thing in your freezer for a few hours, or dry ice if

Put the whole shaft + insert a couple of hours into the freezer. After just heat the insert and you should be able to get parts apart. I recommend you to wear tick rubber glove to get the highest

Neither penetrating oil or heating works. It is really very seized. The insert is stuck halfway about 1/2 "

Many thanks for your feedback, I will try using my propane torch lightly (it is the only thing I have). I tried penetrating oil better than WD40, still penetrating as we speak, had a few unsuccessful

Yes used direct heat with high output solder gun, more controlled than propane torch, strap wrench did not melt. I then applied Barricade ( used for years on my firearms) or Blue Creeper afterwards.

Try a few drops of WD-40 into the threads. Regards, George George Whitney Astro-Physics, Inc. Phone: 815-222-6538 (direct line) Phone: 815-282-1513 (office) Email: george@...