From: "Martyn, Andrew" 
To: "'none of your bus'" 
Cc: "'atm{at}shore.net'" 
Reply-To: "Martyn, Andrew" 


The best site to look at for motorising a dob is Mel Bartel's site at:
http://www.bbastrodesigns.com/cot/cot.html


I have built two motorised dobs which I have documented at:
http://www.spin.net.au/~afmartyn/index.html

Andy
Australia

> -----Original Message-----
> From: none of your bus [mailto:quantemlp{at}hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 1:45 AM
> To: atm{at}shore.net
> Subject: ATM motorized scope?
>
>
>
> well, I have had a great time using my 8" truss scope that I
> built.  I do
> have an issue though with tracking.  I am now looking into
> rebuilding the
> scope and adding motors to drive the lon and lat.  I know
> this can be done
> and has been done many times.  My question is though, what
> type of motor
> should I use and do most people use gears or a pully/belt
> system or do they
> use a direct contact with a rubber wheel.  anybody that has built a
> motorized scope, please let me know or point me in the
> direction of a web
> page or 2.
>
> thanks in advance to everybody for thier help.
>
>
> Look up, look out, look back in time
>
> Charles in wilmington ma.
>
>
>
>
>
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