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It didn’t work. The main type of wiggling I was trying to stop is the top part twisting around the z axis compared to the bottom part. This new mount stood up well, but if I placed the telescope on the mount and gave it a sideways nudge, the telescope would wiggle from side to side at a period of about 1/4 s. It does seem less wobbly than my previous square mount, but it’s still pretty wobbly.
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Starting to build telescope mount v2! I’m using 0.5in rods, and v1 had holes 0.52in wide. This one has holes 0.51in wide, and that was a mistake, it made getting the rods in there so much more annoying.
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My 3D printed telescope has a problem: it’s very wobbly. That means it’s hard to point the telescope at a planet and have it stay pointed at the planet. It also means I can’t focus it well, or take good pictures through my phone.
The telescope itself is fine, but the mount is the problem. There’s a 3D printed mount included in the files with the telescope, and I built that 3D printed mount (after trial and error and discovering pipe sizes are a lie ).
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