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This mount is my stiffest one yet!
Changes from last time:
uses steel EMT instead of wooden dowels, for extra stiffness flat sides so you can see the degree markings deeper and more visible degree markings It feels pretty darn stiff! Unfortunately, tapping the side still makes the telescope wobble. It’s definitely much less wobble than before, though. Maybe it’ll be enough for clear pictures!
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Here’s a cutaway view of my telescope’s 3D printed bases to hold rods in place. The rods go into the giant cylinders, but how do you stop them from slipping out? Insert a nut in on one side of the hole, and then screw it in from the other side. The cut in the top means the entire piece bends to hold the rod in tightly! This is so annoying to design because my rods are so close together you need to make sure that the cutaway for the nuts and screws don’t accidentally cut a hole in the wall of the places where the rods go.
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