Re: Dobsonian mount - azimuth bearing question

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:50:48 -0700, Edward Erbeck wrote:


> Errol, You are fighting leverage (and possibly other things - but first
> let's look at leverage). When a Dob. Style Scope is vertical, rotation
> becomes more difficult because you no longer have a lever working in your
> favor (hence "Dob's Hole"). Simple no cost solution (given it works well at
> all other times) is to just wait until the object moves to a lower
> position.


Why not mount a nice long azimuth guiding pole on the rocker box ? If it
were near the center of mass I would think it would work. Maybe mount
several flag pole mounting brackets around the rocker box and use a broom
stick.
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