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Re: RA balancing : putting weight INSIDE the left fork's arm ?

Bob Rose — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:12:19 GMT

Alan, The lead sheets were readily available 30 years ago when I acquired them for a different project, laying submarine cable. It is probably a little harder

Re: RA balancing : putting weight INSIDE the left fork's arm ?

Joe Tannenbaum — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:10:42 GMT

Not Bob, but you could make a mold from sand and melt fishing sinkers or plumber's lead and pour into the molds. Joe ________________________________ From:

Re: RA balancing : putting weight INSIDE the left fork's arm ?

Wolfgang Renz — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:17:19 GMT

Hi Alan Here in the EU it will be pretty hard to get some lead nowadays. But one can also use "just" some modeling clay for this purpose. Its of course not as

Re: RA balancing : putting weight INSIDE the left fork's arm ?

Alan Coffelt — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:34:08 GMT

Bob, I like your solution. Where did you get the lead plates? - Alan _____ From: lx90@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lx90@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob Rose Sent:

Re: Ordered an LX90 8"

Fernando Campuzano — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:20:06 GMT

You must be really retired. I (all of us) have in the inbox 46 waste messages from you in the last 10 days. Is this the LX90 group or is this "your" group?

Re: Pier offset

stargazerlx90 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:42:03 GMT

Sorry that should read "so the 'pier' is still centred in the observatory". Jeff.

Re: Pier offset

stargazerlx90 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:42:01 GMT

Sorry that should read "so the 'pier' is still centred in the observatory". Jeff.

Pier offset

stargazerlx90 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:28:10 GMT

Would someone be able to work out what the pier offset is for a Lat of 37.352? I want to costruct a wedge for a 12" lx90 but make the offset distance

Re: steady, steady, steady

feeways — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:40:43 GMT

nice reply MARK, the most positive and revealing yet...............at least you don't sit on the fence.I will be enclosing a full report with my scope back to

Re: Ordered an LX90 8"

feeways — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:37:58 GMT

how do you make a living Andrew or are you retired??? ... From: johansea Subject: [lx90] Re: Ordered an LX90 8" To:

Re: steady, steady, steady

feeways — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:36:03 GMT

thanks stephen a dob is not for me..........cannot manage ladders and HAVE TO HAVE GOTO THAT WORKS.........I like to OBSERVE, LOG and SKETCH...........not

Re: Ordered an LX90 8"

johansea — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:26:50 GMT

Gday Howard ... Nahh, we'd kill each other within a few hrs :-) ( I'm too laid back to suit you methinks ) ... Nup, none. Its just an intellectual hobby. Also,

Re: Ordered an LX90 8"

feeways — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:12:02 GMT

jeez you should come work for me I hope you mak biiiiiiig bucks doing what you are doing because you sure know your software apples how much money do you make

Re: Dr. Clay - Re: Your Cleaning Solutions

P. Clay Sherrod — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:48:46 GMT

The shelf life is indefinite. In fact, once mixed, it is a good idea to share some of the excess with others, because most folks will never use all of it in a

Dr. Clay - Re: Your Cleaning Solutions

steve_casten — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:30:53 GMT

Dr. Clay...I made up a batch of your recommended cleaning solutions a hwhile back and they worked very well. My question is, how long a shelf life do these