I designed the Equatorial Mount section. For this, I just used two of my cycloidal gearboxes stacked at 90 degrees with a bit of fancy mounting. I honestly could have done something a lot more complex, but the fact of the matter is I don’t need to! I do worry a little about strength of my gearboxes, but that’s what iterating is for.

Long story short, I got sidetracked for the first while of this recording by a red herring on an issue with my gearboxes. I was seeing concerning numbers on the calculator when it came to pressure angle on the gear teeth, but I determined that the calculator maybe can’t be trusted so I don’t know how accurate it is. I’m just gonna send it tbh, and if something goes wrong we iterate.

The mount is made up of more 1/4” aluminum, this time with me trying to spice up the shape a little. I also used more Vixen mounting hardware on the output and mounting.