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Re: Tangent Arm Assembly

James Fowler — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:06:48 GMT

Thanks. ... From: Stephen.B.Forbes Subject: Re: [TALScopes] Re: Tangent Arm Assembly To: TALScopes@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, November

Re: Tangent Arm Assembly

Stephen.B.Forbes — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:52:04 GMT

The arm could be motorized fairly easily, but, it would still have the limits of the tangent arm. To install a full gear drive would require serious machining

Re: Tangent Arm Assembly

James Fowler — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:35:27 GMT

I'd like to explore the possibility of altering the tangent arm assemble with a worm ear assembly. Do you think it would work? ... From: Stephen.B.Forbes

Re: Tangent Arm Assembly

Stephen.B.Forbes — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:29:39 GMT

Why do you want to do this, first? Yes, it can be done. Steve ... From: andrew554495 To: TALScopes@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, 23 November, 2009 04:38

Re: Tangent Arm Assembly

andrew554495 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:39:02 GMT

Now there's a question. Have never done it and my mount is off site at the moment. Anyone else done this or know how to ?? Andy.

Tangent Arm Assembly

James Fowler — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:02:14 GMT

How can I remove the tangent arm assembly from my TAL M2 mount? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Tal 200K

andrew554495 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:12:47 GMT

Hi all. With it being wall to wall cloud for as long as I can remember, I have been trying out things with my 200K. I took out the mirror in my 200K's diagonal

New Tal 200K review

andrew554495 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:08:17 GMT

Whilst surfing the web, I bumped into a very interesting website, set up by Nenad Filipovic. A very indepth review of the Tal 200K is linked here,

Re: TAL 2M RA 60HZ drive motor problem

Richard Schwieren — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:20:34 GMT

Dear Andy thanks for the reply and sorry for the delay in answering but I am currently under the influence of a bad cold and not up to much astro fix.

Re: TAL 2M RA 60HZ drive motor problem

Richard Schwieren — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:20:30 GMT

Dear Rob thanks for the reply and excuse me for delay in answering but I am currently struggling with a bad cold but will get on it when I recover Richard ...

TAL 2M RA 60HZ drive motor problem

rob wood — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:18:51 GMT

Hoping i read your question correct!!Had the same sought of problem with my motor/gearbox.May be the shaft is not engaging the the reduction gear because of

Re: TAL 2M RA 60HZ drive motor problem

andrew554495 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:42:43 GMT

Hi Richard. Sounds like the motor reduction gearbox is suspect. My mount showed similar problems before I replaced mine. Here's a link to a pic of my worn

TAL 2M RA 60HZ drive motor problem

rdschwier — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:08:40 GMT

Just acquired this mount and RA drive is intermittent. The motor shaft appears to have too much play and must be in just the right position to engage inside

Re: Off set Secondary mirror TAL2

Lou — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:19:12 GMT

Hi Rob, Glad you liked the motor, but understand the main bearing is no good. The 2M is an f/8 which dates back to the 1950's. The spherical mirror is on the

Re: Motor rotation Tal 2m

Stephen.B.Forbes — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:13:00 GMT

The original motor rotates in a clockwise direction at 1/5 rpm. I hope that helps. CS Steve ... From: rob wood To: TALScopes@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, 01