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Old 15-05-2007   #26
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The satellite super store used to make them, but not any more, just as well as you pay through the nose with them

Have a go your self, it looks easy.
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My System: I use a 1.2 Gregorian dish connected to four receivers including a scopus 4.2.2 professional ird2800 and Echostar3600 and two blind scan rx's. My lnb is a quad invacom. All rx's are linked to my packard bell easy one silver laptop.
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Here is another 1.2m Fibo on a Channel master polar mount. I quite like this idea. Cheaper way of motorizing than the 1224. It also has incline orbit tracking

It was a member from satdudez that sent me these pics. Hope he does not mind me showing them here

No problem Crossbones! The dish has now been replaced with a Precision 1.8 with a C/Ku LNB setup
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No problem Crossbones!
Ok thanks mate. Hope you did not sell the 1.2m Fibo
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Ok thanks mate. Hope you did not sell the 1.2m Fibo
No mate..carefully stored in the garage!
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Thats the way mate, dont part with it.

I nearly sold mine, but glad ive kept it.

I also have a 90cm, and a 55cm fibo on the way

The dish has now been replaced with a Precision 1.8 with a C/Ku LNB setup
Get some pics up of it, would be nice to see it.
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Here are some pics of my modified Fibo mount

I didn't attach the motor to the dish, only on the center spindle, as I don't think its needed.

A big Thank you to johnsattuk for the help and e-mails, and my good mate in work who did the work

Please let me know what you think johnsattuk
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My System: Topfield 5800 Echostar3000,DB7000, Relook 400S, Humax HDC2000, 55cm Fibo Gregorian dish with waveguide and Motek 2100 mod, 90cm Fibo Gregorian dish, 120cm Fibo Gregorian dish on a 1224 motor with waveguide
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Here are some pics of my modified Fibo mount

I didn't attach the motor to the dish, only on the center spindle, as I don't think its needed.

Please let me know what you think johnsattuk
Nicely modded

I would be worried about a 90cm dish being restrained only by a 5mm roll pin in a 14mm shaft, I added two 5mm bolts to my 55cm.

But if it works then it's OK. One of my worries would be that if the pin sheared, the dish would fly round and aquire a big dinge when it hits the mount.
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I would be worried about a 90cm dish being restrained only by a 5mm roll pin in a 14mm shaft, I added two 5mm bolts to my 55cm.
Yes I did think about that, but the shaft is bolted to the motor adapter, in my 1st pic. It shouldn't come free! (I hope) lol
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Yes I did think about that, but the shaft is bolted to the motor adapter, in my 1st pic. It shouldn't come free! (I hope) lol
My concern would be the connection of the shaft to the dish plate, 5mm pin in a 14 mm shaft, not the motor to the shaft. I agree that the motor to the shaft joint is quite robust, 8mm bolt through 20mm shaft.
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Hmmm......you do have a point there, maybe I will add the extra 5mm bolts before I field test it

Thanks for the advise mate
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Thats the way mate, dont part with it.

I nearly sold mine, but glad ive kept it.

I also have a 90cm, and a 55cm fibo on the way



Get some pics up of it, would be nice to see it.
Uploaded some of the 1.8 in the 'pictures of members dishes section'...hope you like.
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To take away that problem for 5 mm make a hole in the 14 mm shaft at top and bottom make i 8mm wire insite an use 2 - 8x 10 mm with a nyloc ring below insite.
now the shaft can never away from it house.

Good modification and simpel to.
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To take away that problem for 5 mm make a hole in the 14 mm shaft at top and bottom make i 8mm wire insite an use 2 - 8x 10 mm with a nyloc ring below insite.
now the shaft can never away from it house.

Good modification and simpel to.
Are suggesting to drill an 8mm cross hole through a 14mm shaft.

Simple - yes, Good - not so sure

I think it would weaken the shaft so much that it would be likely to shear off. It is not a mod. that I would use myself.
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Yes but no more than 10 mm insite only for a screw 8x 10 mm op topand bottom
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I have made two brackets out of box section for my Jaeger 1224 H-H motor.

Welded some threaded bar on to attach the C/master adaptor plate.

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