This really isn't the right forum for MaxDome-II support. Diffraction Limited has their own support forum and there is the Observatory forum on Cloudy Nights. Is this something that has worked reliabl

I have an STF-8300M+FW5+OAG+STi setup that, until it got burned up a couple of years ago by an overvoltage event, worked reasonably-well. The biggest things I liked about it was the generally rock-sol

For me, the keto diet means olive oil and vinegar for the salad dressing and bacon bits in the huge salad! Along with boiled egg, black olives, green olives, nuts, seeds, lotsa green leafy stuff, thre

I ALWAYS put a small drop of Teflon-impregnated lubricant into the starting point of threads involving aluminum or stainless steel. My favorite lube is Break-Free CLP but there are others too. ALWAYS.

18GA wire is sufficient for the small current draw of a CP4 and AP motors, up to maybe 2M in length. Maybe 16GA for lengths up to 4M and 14GA for lengths up to maybe 8M. Anything larger will work just

I have seen RocketPort card problems in the past and they usually were traced to the card not being fully seated in the PC's card slot. "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher E

First, if you are using APCC-Pro, modelling compensates for cone error so you don't have to shim or adjust anything. It's all taken care of via APCC software in the model. Second, I prefer adjusting c

Heavy, dark sulphur cutting oils are cheap. Break-Free CLP is not. "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Observatory Engineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa, Hawaii Virus-f

My experience is that just about any lubricant will help with galling/cold welding to some degree. However also in my experience, lubricants containing ground Teflon work the best. My speculation is t

Many moons ago when I was learning machining under the tutelage of a master gunsmith, I learned that all stainless steel and aluminum formulas, at the microscopic level, actually "tear" instead of smo

They are not galled. There are aluminum slivers bound in the threads from the previous all-aluminum counterweight shaft adapter. "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson

Take the counterweight shaft and stuck adapter to a friendly local machine shop. Take the counterweight shaft and stuck adapter to a friendly local machine shop. Take the counterweight shaft and stuck

Good grief people. The counterweight shaft and adapter are stuck together because one or more slivers of aluminum are caught in the threads. The slivers of aluminum came from the old aluminum threaded

Use Youtube and share the link. "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Observatory Engineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa, Hawaii Virus-free. www.avg.com

And if you don't want to get the help of a machine shop, a rubber strap wrench and a bench vise with a couple small pieces of plywood in the jaws will probably help you get them apart without marring

My guess is that there was a sliver or two of aluminum in the threads of the counterweight shaft and that is what got the shaft and the adapter bound up together. Cleaning those threads first with an

Your friendly local machine shop will be able to deal with this without a problem. "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Observatory Engineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa

It *might* work. What problem are you trying to solve? -Christopher Erickson Observatory Engineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa, Hawaii Virus-free. www.avg.com

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I design, work on and maintain professional observatories for a living. Having a periodic maintenance checklist and a thoughtful critical spares inventory is something ALL of the pro's and more experi

I think everyone should have a spare Y-cable and power cable in their kit. -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com