Well, doesn't this just suck
Aug. 3rd, 2005 04:42 pmI have been having a problem with the EQ mount on my 'scope. If I lower it any lower than 30 degrees, it will suddenly flop and drop forward. I have caught it before it has impacted on the tripod, but this should not be happening.
I emailed the seller, and he forwarded it to the manufacturer. I have carefully examined the latitude control knob, and what I see is this: the gear teeth on the part that is gripped by the latitude knob aren't quite right. At 0 degrees, they should be pretty much equal front and back, but they aren't. They extend way the hell up the back, and nothing visible in the front.
But even though I sent photograph to the manufacturer, I have been told this: We have received your mails also the mails transferred from Optrons Germany. We are studying the reasons now in the factory. We will try our best to give you a positive reply within this week.
This damned thing is still under warranty, so I don't know why they are hemming and hawing. A week? I know I wanted to get an EQ3 or EQ5, but not this soon, but with the way they are dicking me around, I might just do it now, and when I get the new mount, buy some rings, get a bar made for between them, and turn the old alt azm into a polar alignment. It's lightweight enough not to need the counter weight.
The other thing is at least right now everything I want to view/photograph are at least 45 degrees from the horizon, but it's still chapping my ass.
I emailed the seller, and he forwarded it to the manufacturer. I have carefully examined the latitude control knob, and what I see is this: the gear teeth on the part that is gripped by the latitude knob aren't quite right. At 0 degrees, they should be pretty much equal front and back, but they aren't. They extend way the hell up the back, and nothing visible in the front.
But even though I sent photograph to the manufacturer, I have been told this: We have received your mails also the mails transferred from Optrons Germany. We are studying the reasons now in the factory. We will try our best to give you a positive reply within this week.
This damned thing is still under warranty, so I don't know why they are hemming and hawing. A week? I know I wanted to get an EQ3 or EQ5, but not this soon, but with the way they are dicking me around, I might just do it now, and when I get the new mount, buy some rings, get a bar made for between them, and turn the old alt azm into a polar alignment. It's lightweight enough not to need the counter weight.
The other thing is at least right now everything I want to view/photograph are at least 45 degrees from the horizon, but it's still chapping my ass.
