Thanks but its not my pic, one from a previous post in the thread. I wanted to kep it more compact, without the extra brackets it would mean the motor is more horizontal and the dish is bolted more at a right angle to the motor. I can only try it and see.
Originally Posted by johnsattuk  The angle of the motor is the most essential part of tracking the arc, this must be at the correct angle. In your case approx 39deg from horizontal, (90deg - 51deg for bournemouth.)
How you mount the dish to the motor, to get the correct dish angle is up to you and the brackets/ facilities you have.
Not in order to keep the dish lower, but because I dont like overhanging loads, I shortened the bottom bracket of my 1224 and redrilled the mounting hole. There is a limit to how much you can shorten it and still clear the motor as it turns.
Looking at your pic., I don't think that this will give you what you want, but you could make/get made some triangular shaped plates that would lower the dish and not need the top linking brackets. |