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u kinda look like someone i know. do u perhaps know who david ray gilkerson is?

What was the part number?

Amazing! Thank you so much for this

I just bought a 5SE. At the 8 minute mark you talk about making an adjustment if the subject isn't centered any more. If you make this adjustment, does the telescope adjust how it tracks accordingly? Or will it go off center again in 5 minutes?

Awesome video! Keep at it

How do you remove it?

I need the same seal what is the part number

This isn't a rear seal it's a front axle seal, and it's called a roll pin, special tool snap ring pliers

Can i link c-libraries for wifi etc?

Thank you for this video! Just got my ESP32 WROOM board set up with tinygo for the first time.

Cork screw seal puller tool.

Take off snap ring, drive out roll pin.

I need that same seal. Do you have a part number?

What do you use for the azimuth detector?

What rotary encoder did you use? Is it reliable?

How did you get the old seal out?

more pls on tinygo

Fun fact you can actually turn that shaft by hand. Spin the shaft and use the flywheel for extra leverage and you can roll your tractor forward and back. Make sure parking brakes off tho.😂

Thank you so much! I bought this for our 21st wedding anniversary (which is tomorrow) and I’ve been in tears trying to figure this thing out! If I have any further questions could I email you?

That was good

nice video :) i own a 1025r too :)

Let me know if this was useful or if I need to clarify anything I will consider a follow up video

I am at a latiture of 17.8 degrees. How do I set up my telescope with this angle? cause the wedge is almost upright

Very helpful. Thank you !!

Nice fix Tony. Thanks for sharing.

Is that a Meade etx mount using the 5se

7:54 there you go but its just again close enought lol when its perfect it use only one motor to track.if it use 2 then wedge not help any lol same result without

I used the same basic idea on my 10' home made, plywood dome. The 4" friction drive roller was mounted on a cotterless bottom bracket axle on the short end of a pivoted and counterbalanced length of 2x4 to provide upward force. I used a cheap, square axle, single chainset with a chain drive down to a lower chainset and crank beside my imaging desk. It needs the underside of the base ring to be dry and reasonably true. I added sunbed tension springs to the 2x4 to increase the upward force to cope with damp weather.

You spent all you money on this fine equipment , which only left you with a black and white camera to do the video. LOL . Nice tutorial .

Hey Tony, wondering if you ever completed this project? Would be cool to see it in action. I’m working on an old TI ProDome PD15 that has been giving so much trouble with the DDW controller, I’ve fixed the circuit board and have it now where it’ll communicate with the software over rs232 but it times out for 5 minutes at a time and I’m pretty certain the problem is in the processor itself. Which leads me here, it looks like the Lesvedomenet setup is going to be the easiest upgrade for our situation (low budget). Are you happy with this kit? Any pros and cons you can share?

Will it tear up the grass in your yard?? Example if you raked up grass clumps after mowing. I’m thinking it would rip up the grass too?

I just purchased a 5se. This was excellent Thankyou.

Video was great and it probably would have worked for me but my camera does not have the right jack:(

Is that the open part of wedge to the north or the hinge itself?

The number you read on the marker rod of the 4/5SE must be read from the top and it's aligned with the surface, not in the hole you're pointing in the video, in fact if you lower it horizontally it'll be 90° (you can't read it because it's obstructed of course), and not the "85" you would read from the bottom hole. Also, that number doesn't show the actual plate inclination but the latitude (that works inversely), in example if you live at 30°N latitude, the rod will be set to 30, but if you measure the real angle of the plate, it will be 90-30 = 60°, if you live at pole, the rod will show 90 but the angle will be zero.. and so on. And finally, with the most recent software (4+) you have ASPA (all star polar alignment): you can use any star (better to use those ones far from the celestial pole) for a polar alignment.

great video wondering could that rake be used to weed out heavy weeds and grasses instead of slashing first, maybe with several passes?

I love your landscaping rake and your tractor and I have one myself which I use with one tractor and will be putting it to work this Autumn to move soil around my lawn to fill in spots which is keeping my lawn uneven.

Not sure why, but the wedge does't match the actual angle being measured on my mount... It's off by like 10-15 degrees.

Very awesome idea!! Do you got this build on Cloudy Nights? Clear Skies

@ 1:33 in the video : I'm pretty sure you are supposed to read the markings (30-35-40-45-50 etc.) from where the rod comes out ON THE TOP, not where you are pointing to at the bottom of the place it dissapears into the mechanism. Maybe this is why you had so much problems. If you were off by almost 10 degrees every time.

Looks good, what lens was used?

There is no good reason to make one from a stereo cord. The cable needed is a standard, very inexpensive, shutter release cord you can buy on Amazon or eBay or from your local camera store. Get the one that fits your camera. For many cameras it has the 2.5mm connectors on both ends. Other Cameras like my Nikon D610 have a different connector on the camera end.

which bubble level app id that? name of it.thanks

Good information. Thank you for sharing this. I once made a Poncet platform and polar aligned to Polaris looking through a threaded plumbing tube. Whew! This is a major improvement.

Is that a cat 1 or limited cat 1 rake?

Could you please tell me what model/type of landscape rake you have? I bought the quick hitch from Harbor Freight and it works great with my box cutter. However, it does not work with the 5' landscape rake from TA outright. It might require a quick hitch adapter but I noticed that your landscape rake top hitch was recessed forward thus allowing all the hooks to work in unison. I have a JD 1025R

listen be in a big field use the alignment and look. I'm not tilting anything

thank you so much for uploading this video with the rake, we are looking at getting one and this was extremely helpful to see what it actually does! great job! thanks again :)

Do you need to polar align it if you plan to do astrophotography? or is the normal EQ North alignment like you demoed , good enough?

Thanks for posting this