Hi Jeffc Where do you get those heat shrink sleeves for the powerpole terminals ? Mike

Hi John That's a very nice case. The foam cutout job looks really good. Out of curiosity, how do you manage the assembled 1100 mount ? I think that you are somewhere in the range of 45+ pounds for the

Great idea David ! Maybe we can set up a folder on the forum where everyone can put their pictures. My family is going to West Virginia later this month to visit my daughter. I will have several good

I was imaging NGC 4565 which was almost directly overhead when I made this graph. I am at 30 Deg latitude, so it was also pretty close to the Zenith. Is a 1 arc sec per minute drift high enough that I

I ran an unguided tracking graph on my 1100GTO (non-AE) mount for about 12 minutes last night to see how much drift I am getting. I am assuming that the drift in each axis is due to the polar alignmen

I expect that many people have seen this already, but to those who have not there is a 400 QMD mount for sale on eBay. The only caveat is that it is a local pickup only in Milpitas, California Mike

Hi Todd I agree that it would be better if the Dec axis could be stored sideways. There are other brands of these heavy duty toolboxes. I think Milwaukee has a similar set, but I am not sure what the

Hi Todd Have you watched Tony's (a.k.a Harley Davidson) YouTube video showing the Ridgid toolboxes ? I copied the link below. I am using the same cases for my 1100, and I have lined mine with high den

Tony (a.k.a. Harley Davidson) made one of his famous YouTube videos for a lift table that he got from Harbor Freight. Here is a link to it: Mike Hydraulic Table Cart item 60438 from Harbor Freight 100

Hi Shailesh I live at 30 Deg North latitude and can confirm that there is no risk of the scope rolling out of the rings when I set it into the open rings in Park 2. I expect that this is also the case

I watched all 1 hour and 16 minutes of the video. It seems like this one is geared more for the APCC users with more experience. I would be interested to see something more like a getting started with

To Joe: I believe I read or saw somewhere (Maybe Tony's video) that plugging the holes will keep bugs out. This would only be a factor for those who leave their mount set up in a permanent observatory

Hi again Ken I just received a shipment notice from Mouser for the RM15TR-C(71) caps. I was worried that they might substitute the same one that they recommended for you, but they are sending the ones

Hi Pete Those cone shaped plugs are used to plug the drain / vent holes in the bottom of the GTOCP4 housing. Tony (a.k.a. Harley Davidson) made an excellent video a couple years ago about the need to

It is also related to the increase in the force of gravity as you age.

Hi Ken The RM15TR-C(71) caps are the ones that will fit the larger diameter threaded connectors on the GTOCP4 that the Y-cable and Encoder cable attach to. I checked the website and the internal threa

I expect that both the Ryobi and Harbor Freight extractors both come from China, but there are degrees of badness. Since they are a well known brand, I expect that the Ryobi extractors are held to a h

Fernando Are you referring to the screw extractor ? Those are all very very tricky to use. Mike

Hi Linwood Actually, Astro-Physics offers a set of plastic covers for all of the connectors on the GTOCP4/5 and the mount motors. You will have to call them to order a set. The interest in the metal c

Hi Shailesh I am joining this conversation late, but I thought you would be interested to see a picture of Roland's 175 EDF at his Hawaii observatory on a 1600 GTO mount that is stored in the Park 1 p