I wasn't sure where to post this so, since dobs are a popular choice for beginners, here it is!
I purchased my scope new (Skywatcher 10" collapsible
At slew speed 5 it takes approximately 10 seconds for the mount to reverse direction and then another 10 seconds to eliminate the play. This hasn't been a huge deal for visual, but I just started taking
pictures and I've noticed serious tracking problems with targets in the north and south. With targets in the east and west I can easily get 20 second exposures but I suffer terrible star trailing in the north
and south.
My thoughts are that tracking targets in the east and west mainly use the alt motor while north and south targets make more use of the azimuth motor......
Either way, I'd like to eliminate, or significantly reduce the slop in this mount. I'm very mechanically inclined and not afraid to disassemble the base.
Any suggestions as to what can be done?
Thanks!
Larry