Roland, if by chance you have enough scraps to build a second one you can send it here, I ‘ manage the disposal for free 😂

Oh I am sure it is. It just made me think of the island of misfit toys from the Rudolph Christmas cartoon when you said it was made from rejected parts.🙂

It's actually a very good mount from the standpoint of accuracy. Dual encoders and other goodies. I will be running it fully modeled and unguided. Rolando

Same with the Honders by the way. Got its own nicks but beautiful in my eyes. Rolando

The Misfit 1600.

Nope, the 1600 production mounts are painted white so you don't bump your noggin on it at night. This mount is cobbled together from rejected parts that had scratches or nicks, etc. Basically a

Beautiful mount! Are all the new 1600s coming with polished aluminum instead of paint? I'm on the list - hence my question. Thanks! Brian

Oh yes, air for sure. Will arrive next Thursday. Roland

If going by ship it might take a while for delivery. Might want to go by air instead. Chris

... where it will gather photons and help to test software and hardware for AP. It has been cloudy here all month with no end in sight, so it is being shipped off to sunnier and warmer climes. My

Could be a cable or connector problem too. Or a popped USB port. -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

You have loosened the clutches? Don't you mean "tightened down" the clutches? Try checking your location data in the keypad. Is it accurate or way off like maybe you accidentally left it set on

Reinstalling APCC is not likely going to help unless APCC had become corrupted through some disk error on your computer. More likely is that the settings file has become corrupted. So, try

I posted the message below initially under the topic of "Smart Meridian Flip with NINA" but I'm starting a new thread on this topic because at this point it has nothing to do with the original problem

What a clear and concise explanation! -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

I'm hoping for some suggestions to help restore a functional connection between my computer and the mount. After the latest event that started with a meridian flip followed by pointing issues which

Scroll down this page. https://www.astro-physics.com/software-updates/

Hi Roland, Thanks for the information. It’s very helpful to users like me to know how something works and why it’s built the way it is. Thanks so much for taking the time to write this great

Thx for the highly educational discourse! Kenneth

Hi Rolando, I've read WHWang's travails with the 150 on cloudynights. From your description below, isn't it obvious that he is under-mounted with the Mach2? The little engine that could is being