Skywatcher EQ Mount Bushing

prusaprinters

<p>I noticed my Skywatcher EQM-35 Pro had quite a bit of play between the mount head and the tripod. When polar aligning the azimuth adjustment screws would often just shift the whole head to the side rather than rotating it, making fine adjustments difficult and actually reducing the useful range of adjustment</p> <p>This bushing almost fills the gap between the two mating parts so that the mount head turns smoothly when adjusting azimuth and removes<em>almost</em> all slop/play in the connection.</p> <p>I am not sure if other Skywatcher mounts have the same size parts as I'm only new to astronomy but I suspect this will work with similar mounts like the HEQ5 and some other Skywatcher/Synta/Saxon mounts.</p> <h3>Print Settings</h3> <p><strong>Printer:</strong></p> <p>Tronxy P802</p> <p class="detail-setting rafts"><strong>Rafts: </strong> <div><p>No</p></div> <p><strong>Supports:</strong></p> <p>No</p> <p class="detail-setting resolution"><strong>Resolution: </strong> <div><p>0.15</p></div> <p><strong>Infill:</strong></p> <p>20%</p> <p><strong>Filament:</strong></p> Generic PLA <p>Natural</p> <p><br/> <p class="detail-setting notes"><strong>Notes: </strong></p> </p><div><p>Infill probably doesn't matter much as it's quite a thin part. Printed with a 0.4mm nozzle at 0.15mm layer height.</p> I printed at 101% size as my printer is slightly off but if you're prints are dimensionally accurate then printing at 100% should be no problem. It was a snug fit into the tripod so I sanded the outside face of the ring to smooth it out and it now sits nicely in place and won't fall out but can be removed by hand without any issue. </div></p></p> Category: Physics & Astronomy