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@PEWannabee 4 сағат бұрын
I didn't see the top part on your link. Will you update it anytime soon ?
@larryholmes5408 2 күн бұрын
Where can I find the enclosure top? I'm interested in building my own
@Санчег 2 күн бұрын
How does it perform with a c6 and just 1:100 reduction? I’m thinking on making my own harmonic mount and wondering if I should do direct harmonic drive or add another 3:1 or 5:1 reduction
@cjermo 21 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for this! I'm putting together my first astrophotography setup with the Askar SQA55 and Touptek ATR2600C, and was resigned to spending more than either of those on something like the Juwei mount until happening on your design. I'm hoping to keep the setup relatively compact with no counterweight and something like a Punks Billy 2.0 tripod, so I can easily hike to dark sky sites - this being a fair bit lighter than commercial designs helps there too.
@OldCurmudgeon3DP 24 күн бұрын
Hmmm. Maybe I can adapt this concept to a fork mount for my 10" Newt.
@brandonsummey2418 24 күн бұрын
Going to build one soon, thanks
@jayz124 29 күн бұрын
Building the version with the counterweight - housing ordered. Really excited for it. @Astro-philos thanks for answering all my pesky questions via email
@karls238 Ай бұрын
I'm pretty new to this world, and have only used 2 different mounts. I am thinking about making this and controlling it with an AsiAir. You mentioned it works great with AsiAir, but how? Is this literally turn on, align to polar north, connect to AsiAir, polar align, and you good to go? I ask because with other mounts I had to go into the handcontroller and set it up each time I used it. Is 100% of this done in AsiAir (or NINA for those using that)?......no need to do anything elses?!?!?!?!?.......can it really be that easy? Lol
@kevinhutchinson8129 Ай бұрын
Interesting that your "first light" photo... is from Stellarium!
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
What? What an ignorant! I used the Pixinsight Immage annotation script, the picture is absolutely real, I used that script so everyone can understand what I imaged. I have the raw files and the pictures without the annotation from the platesolve. Study before hating on something you don’t know.
@karlstruckhoff5931 Ай бұрын
Thinking about building this. Will this work with ASIAIR? The Air is just a fantastic little device that makes astrophotography a breeze. Itd be wonderful if it does.
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Yes! This mount is compatible with AsiAir
@karlstruckhoff5931 Ай бұрын
@Astro-philos what mount would you select in the menu for it to work?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
@@karlstruckhoff5931 onstep mount lx200
@karlstruckhoff5931 Ай бұрын
@Astro-philos thank you sir
@cjgv-i7h Ай бұрын
Hey I see you did not used break on RA nema 17 . Is it necessary ?
@GiadaRigonat Ай бұрын
Omg your photos are 😻
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Thanks🥰
@jaredes5666 Ай бұрын
What is the average error of RMS for guiding?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
I only tested for 20min with bad polar alignment, and I had 0.8 rms
@AstronaxYT Ай бұрын
Nice photo
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@FedericoFGB Ай бұрын
Bravissimo 👏 progetto affascinante e economico
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Grazie mille!
@michaellewis7768 Ай бұрын
Is a technical drawing needed for PCBWAY to tap and thread the aluminum enclosure? Apologies for the newbie questions. :-)
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Yes, I will publish the file tomorrow! Sorry
@michaellewis7768 Ай бұрын
@@Astro-philos - You are being so generous with your time and work. No need to be sorry! Thank you!
@rayyanimran1557 Ай бұрын
Great mount! Just a question. I'm considering making a mount myself from Chinese harmonic drives. I see that the drives have a "keyed" input (they require a stepper motor with a "keyed shaft"). Can you tell me what motors you chose or how you overcame this issue?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
You ordered directly the driver with 5mm holes, but you can make an adapter
@rayyanimran1557 Ай бұрын
@Astro-philos do you have link to the drive which has non keyed shaft?
@SibawayhDroid Ай бұрын
very nice, thank you for shearing. I will make my own, I have a 3D printer, so the list part I will buy it sooner. Thank you again 🤙
@garymckenzie9307 Ай бұрын
great project, highly anticipating next videos! thanks for making it open source!
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@msacco Ай бұрын
Just rewatched the video again, but I think 1 very important thing you didn't include or showed is how you attached the DEC clamp, which existing products will fit? Is there a specific adapter needed? I couldn't find exact schematics in the aliexpress link.
@mimmo159 Ай бұрын
Hi, great project, I've been following it since the beginning. I'm very keen to make it for my mak127 telescope. thank you for your sharing and availability
@sinisalazarek4568 Ай бұрын
thanks so much for sharing this. I'm really considering building this to upgrade from my star adventurer tracker. In the first video you said that the accuracy is around 2-3 arc seconds. Would getting a higher reduction harmonic drive improve this. i.e. 1:160 instead of 1:100 ?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Yes! 1:160 would improve the accuracy by a lot
@twinturbostang Ай бұрын
Will this support a 12 pound scope? Or does it need more powerful motors?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Yes 12 pounds it’s not a problem
@betafoofoo270 Ай бұрын
Excellent build, well done Astrophilos and thanks for taking the time share.
@DoronTshuva770 Ай бұрын
Wonderful! Since I seen your first video I’ve looked into onstep and learned a lot. You opened the door for me, Thank you. But in the video I seen you got a heat sink on the board only in the 2 spots for the motor, did you solder them? And in the shopping list there’s a green laser listed but never used, What is that?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
You can see the green laser in the last 2 minutes of the video. The heatsinks are glued not soldered
@msacco Ай бұрын
Did the gears arrive with lubrication or you had to apply that yourself?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Depends from the shop :/
@msacco Ай бұрын
@@Astro-philos Same shop as the link you shared. Also, if using a 3D printer for the body, do you need to use inserts? Since the threads are likely not as accurate as with aluminum which you seems to be using.
@MichaelLevAstro Ай бұрын
Looks like the body is made with aluminum? How much did it cost to make?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
About 220€
@sjpp71 Ай бұрын
How sturdy is the body if 3d printed? What type of filament can be used? PTFE?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
@@sjpp71 I used pla-cf and it's okay!
@MichaelLevAstro Ай бұрын
@@Astro-philos Have you taken some long exposure images with it yet?
@johntoet779 Ай бұрын
Awesome project! Looking forward to building this
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@sissitrudi2010 Ай бұрын
Ti adoro quella stupenda musichetta sotto è fighissima!!!
@hurriyetpek77 Ай бұрын
lovely.. what's the tripod called
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
@@hurriyetpek77 it’s a cheap video tripod I found on amazon
@hurriyetpek77 Ай бұрын
@@Astro-philos tnx
@cjgv-i7h Ай бұрын
Hey man . Here is a tip . Use TL smoother modules on RA and Dec axis . They are cheap and can increase the tracking accuracy by a huge margin . BTW when is the new video coming ?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
@@cjgv-i7h hi thanks but tl smoother are useless for newer driver module like tmc2209, they were meant for cheap 3d printers. In a couple of days the next video will be published
@cjgv-i7h Ай бұрын
Brother which material will be better ? PLA CF or PA12 Nylon MJF for printing this ?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Absolutely Nylon mjf PA12
@cjgv-i7h Ай бұрын
Hey man which material did you used to print the enclosure ?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
PLA cf
@cjgv-i7h Ай бұрын
Was that a C8 ?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Nope, that’s a C6
@astroindianx Ай бұрын
Wating for assembly video
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Next week!
@cjgv-i7h Ай бұрын
What are you doing here man ?
@astroindianx Ай бұрын
@@cjgv-i7h always leaning
@cjgv-i7h Ай бұрын
@@astroindianx Waiting for your next video my guy
@cjgv-i7h Ай бұрын
Can you also make a wedge and tripod for it ?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
I'm working on the wedge!
@tamenyc Ай бұрын
The Juwei 17 harmonic mount is probably cheaper. But you can't really add encoders to it.
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
The Juwei17 costs 1.1k$, so, not cheaper
@tamenyc Ай бұрын
@ I can got it from China at $850 shipped though.
@tamenyc Ай бұрын
@ What you did is still incredible. found it interesting as Juwei is based on on step too
@wil46nl Ай бұрын
@@tamenycyou tell me howvyou dif that? Or send me a pm?
@fmsilva11 Ай бұрын
harmonic drive ? its a fake harmonic drive
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Ehm, why? The drive is a StrainWaveGear, so an harmonic drive.
@PEWannabee Ай бұрын
It is Nema motor coupled with harmonic gear drive. the only thing fake is your understanding of this.
@fmsilva11 Ай бұрын
@@Astro-philos yes you are correct. sorry my mistake.
@fmsilva11 Ай бұрын
@@PEWannabee yes
@ra1nmaker001 Ай бұрын
Amazing stuff! It's great to see this kind of project, thank you so much for your contribution to the hobby. Do you need an equatorial wedge to mount it to a tripod?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Yes, but if you have a video tripod and you use a lightweight setup, you can use the head
@annelisefigueroa9315 Ай бұрын
I see you have listed a Green Laser Module? May I ask the use of it and if is necessary, reason I leave near and airport and may not permitted. Also can you share the top and housing STL. so I can start printing until you release all the other components
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Hi, the green laser module is an optional, in the description you can find the enclosure 3d model
@annelisefigueroa9315 Ай бұрын
@@Astro-philos I download the enclosure zip but is only the housing the top cover is missing.
@cjgv-i7h Ай бұрын
Hi my friend . Great job . I was looking for these DIY harmonic drives . I am getting some heavy duty harmonic drives like yours but bigger for only 30 USD . Can you believe it ? They are not used also . I have made the onstep goto project and was looking on how to make a mount . Will be waiting for the next parts . Clear skies my friend
@annelisefigueroa9315 Ай бұрын
Can you share where you get the harmonic drives?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Hi, where did u bought the harmonic drives?
@cjgv-i7h Ай бұрын
@@Astro-philos In my local market there is this small hardware shop . He has used as well as new ones . He has the same exact one for 30 bucks brand new
@sjpp71 Ай бұрын
Wow, this is fantastic! Thanks for sharing and looking forward to your next videos. You're starting a revolution!! Grazie!
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Thanks! My ultimate goal is to let astrophotography be cheaper!
@msacco Ай бұрын
Not sure I understand how to base works, what do you use?
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Sorry, i didn't understand, what do you mean?
@msacco Ай бұрын
@@Astro-philos How do you polar align this? Where is the base to adjust ALT-AZ? Not sure if I missed it in the blog.
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
You have to use a polar wedge, that’s not included here
@msacco Ай бұрын
@@Astro-philos I guess that means the actual cost would be more like $500-$600 in that case, quite a difference ^^
@whyf16uy Ай бұрын
@@msacco I bought one from proxysky for $128 dollars shipped
@petervanderham4725 Ай бұрын
Does it work with NINA?
@jasonzhang3540 Ай бұрын
yes
@petervanderham4725 Ай бұрын
@@jasonzhang3540 Amazing! Go-To too??
@obyildiz Ай бұрын
Thanks man :) we needed this 👍
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@MazzifLOL Ай бұрын
Solid content.
@astro7996 Ай бұрын
Amazing work! Just what I'm looking for! I'm looking forward for the next video, that screenshot with the guiding was unbelievable good, never seen a anything that low. Amazing job mate!
@Astro-philos Ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@giorgiobergamin6210 Ай бұрын
Finally! This is a fantastic project! Now thanks to you I'll build my own mount yeeee
@nickfrederiksen2555 2 ай бұрын
Hi Great project Can you share the detail for the FYSETC E4 board settings and also the setting when you get to configure the board when in the Onstep app. I have tried building my own drive but although I got everything moving the mount did not move where I wanted it to move so abandond the project, seeing your video has re-energised the project. Previously I downloaded Onstep using Chads Onstep installer(no probs) but from there the mount seemd to be all over the place despite following, or trying to follow the Onstep configuration calculator and then the On step app Number of steps etc. etc. any help much appreciated Nick
@Astro-philos 2 ай бұрын
@@nickfrederiksen2555 hi! I used the standard configuration for the fysetc I changed only the steps using the excel calculator
@nickfrederiksen2555 2 ай бұрын
@@Astro-philos Thanks for response. do you remember what steps you changed it from/to-think the calculater has a default of stepper steps 400-micro step 32-GR1 1-GR2 360 Nick
@Astro-philos 2 ай бұрын
@ I have: 400 steps, 32 microsteps, 19, 100
@nickfrederiksen2555 2 ай бұрын
@@Astro-philos Thanks again and very prompt. I presume those settings are on both RA and Dec? The video is dated 3 months ago so have you had much chance to use the drive? And is it performing with good guiding rates i.e below 1 arc sec? Apologies for all the questions but spent a quite a few pounds last time and loads of time(have most of the stuff left) but as mentioned frustratingly mount was all over the place when requesting a slew to a particular place. I notice that the asi air can be configured to use Onstep, if that works may be able to use Onstep mount via asi air app. Thanks for you help and look forward to further videos Nick
@Astro-philos 2 ай бұрын
@ if you enter in my telegram group I can explain everything, the link is in the description
@waynemackenziesr5005 2 ай бұрын
Yeah well the best part is, all you have to do is upscale these components to get a Bisque heavy rated mount 100+ lbs, but your cost would not increase significantly might be 50% more if you take time shopping. Those strain waves should work fine with significantly higher torque motors and planetary reducers (though does still add to error). The strain waves are found used on craigslist or ebay all the time for cheap. Motors are cheap already. Just need to make the math math and bobs your uncle. About time also. Just realize how much we are getting ripped off on the heavier mounts.