My SAT-playground

[archive10]

Its very good what you've done Rimants, but why don't you buy a proper one and keep that mechanism as a spare, there not expensive to buy.

No, but finding space for all stuff like this is getting really, really hard (at least for me) these days.
I have mitre saws, power saws, jig saws, chain saws, hand saws, garden saws, hack saws, and a multi-tool that does many types of sawing as well.
Plus hand drills, power drills, cord-less drills, column drill, dremel-style drills, tile drill etc.
And don't even get me started on devices for driving screws or nuts. I never seem to be able to find the right gizmo when I need it...

 

[Archived-1]

How thick is cut-off saw blade? 2-3mm (maybe more)? Means that it produces at least 2-3 time more dust than AG with 1mm blade. Is not that true? ;)
Add: But, in reality, I care more about perfect 90* cut than about amount of dust. I know for sure that AG hold in hands will never make perfect cut.

Next time I am cutting I will collect it and weigh it blimey your worse than wife I might get something right one day

No, but finding space for all stuff like this is getting really, really hard (at least for me) these days.
I have mitre saws, power saws, jig saws, chain saws, hand saws, garden saws, hack saws, and a multi-tool that does many types of sawing as well.
Plus hand drills, power drills, cord-less drills, column drill, dremel-style drills, tile drill etc.
And don't even get me started on devices for driving screws or nuts. I never seem to be able to find the right gizmo when I need it...

I know what your saying st1 ive got to build a workshop next

 

[RimaNTSS]

Have just made couple of planks to hold details. I think that should work OK

 

[RimaNTSS]

Among other things I got one interesting motor and positioner for it. Positioner is from 1993, so motor is probably same age. Motor is brand new, not sure about control box. I think it can handle ~1m dish easily.

 

[RimaNTSS]

And one of the other things was.... guess what was that... Right, brand new, in the box.

 

[Trust]

Among other things I got one interesting motor and positioner for it. Positioner is from 1993, so motor is probably same age. Motor is brand new, not sure about control box. I think it can handle ~1m dish easily.

But over a small part of the arc , i suppose .

 

[RimaNTSS]

But over a small part of the arc , i suppose .

Will not figure it out till I install and test it (if such an event happen at all).

 

[archive10]

And one of the other things was.... guess what was that... Right, brand new, in the box.

Amazing - agian, where the **** do you get all tihs stuff??
Last interesting things here locally was what looked like a NSC 120 cm dish at 25 EUR, but 400 km from me.
Difficult to find excuses for detouring from the regular work-run these days, so it was gone within 2 days.

Tell you what, if you don't need the CM mount, I'd be very tempted to take it off your hands and put it up in use here.
I have two rusty ones already, yes, but they're just that - rusty ones, in need ot serious refurbing.
I will within weeks have a new place to mount dished, so one of the CMs should come out of the closet (well, shed) very soon
What better than to put it on a new mount? 8)
(which I should of course strip the paint off, and galvanise immediately, but surely that's better spent on the old rusty ones?)

Anyway, the used sat-items market in Belgium seems a lot more interesting than in DK, that's for sure...

 

[Archived-1]

I'd be very tempted to take it off your hands

Oi keep your eyes of my mount

 

[archive10]

Oi keep your eyes of my mount

hehe - first we need to convince RimaNTSS to divest his mount...
And RimaNTSS departing with sat-gear - that's not something you see everyday...
(the other way, yes, but departing with stuff??)

 

[RimaNTSS]

Actually, nobody even tried to convince me to get rid of some stuff. And I am not offering something myself.

 

[Captain Jack]

Still looking for the Fibo 55 if you come across one

 

[RimaNTSS]

Can somebody help to recognize this 1,8m plastic dish? It has not strength ribs and very light. Will post better pictures when I have them.

 

[archive10]

Can somebody help to recognize this 1,8m plastic dish? It has not strength ribs and very light. Will post better pictures when I have them.

Nope. Never seen this before.
Polyship; is probably poly-ethylene, but could also be something completely different.
Where is this from? Is there a mount too?

 

[RimaNTSS]

Dish is shipped from Canada (that what I was told). Did not see mount installed, but as far as I understood there are 2 iron angles (something like 40x40mm) in red. And one square pipe (approximately 60x60mm) in green. Did not see feedarms. And this is offset dish.

 

[archive10]

Can somebody help to recognize this 1,8m plastic dish? It has not strength ribs and very light. Will post better pictures when I have them.

Strange...
I keeping hearing this echo when browsing this thread... Something like "read my lips, no more dishes!!"... But then again, maybe I am mis-hearing things...

 

[RimaNTSS]

Yes, I am weak Could you manage to hold yourself if there would be a possibility to get such a dish (does not matter if its name rhyme to bad word) for, lets say 25 EUR? And if you take 3 dishes than price would be 50. What would you do?

 

[archive10]

GRAB 'EM, of course.

 

[RimaNTSS]

GRAB 'EM, of course.

Well, but you promised to your wife and forum fellows something like "No more dishes", so GRAB 'EM anyway?

 

[RimaNTSS]

Just for fun made Elevation/declination adjustment bolt. This has 10mm thread (could be any), and 8mm hole (could also be different). Material.... you know ;)