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[Captain Jack]

What happens if your wife wants to have a nice cup of coffee on the balcony in the late morning sun... does she squirm aournd the dishes, or is there a SWMBO-friendly section?

Yes, the kitchen.

 

[RimaNTSS]

This is very SWMBO friendly installation ..... evening sun is other side of the house and there we have exactly same size balcony.

 

[archive10]

Yes, the kitchen.

Huh? What... (whispers) mr Trump, is that you?

 

[Captain Jack]

Is the wife installed securely on the other balcony?

But let's be fair. It's unlikely Rimant's wife has any objections to the dishes. She's given up arguing by now I am sure.

 

[RimaNTSS]

CJ, you are right, she is not arguing anymore. Couple of times, when I brought home dish for cleaning in the bathroom, she said something like: You again brought dish from the trash! .... and after saying that she hides away her shampoos, that is new normal at our home.

 

[RimaNTSS]

Took 40mm pipe, cut it in pieces and made new clamp for LNB. Clamp is ~9mm wide, bolts are 5mm. Light but strong, should work.

 

[Trust]

nice and shiny !!

 

[RimaNTSS]

Made a photos of the Ajak H-H motor instructions, for the history and also in case somebody needs it. Firstly, instructions and hence the motor are 29 years old. And as seen on page #4, motor can move 3m glass dish. Beast!

 

[archive10]

... did I miss something, or have you sneaked in an AJAK into your collection over Easter?? ;)

 

[RimaNTSS]

Yes @st1 you are right. And that what came together with motors. Looked up in ebay, and every Norsat product costs ..... I would never buy them new.

 

[Captain Jack]

Would love one of the Ajak motors but they are as rare as hen's teeth second hand and cost a bomb new (if they are still available new...)

 

[RimaNTSS]

OK, my Ajak H-H is ~29 y.o. and all nuts&bolts are so rusted together (perhaps even metal diffusion) that without WD40 and lots of power it was not so easy to get parts apart. Tomorrow parts 1,2 and 3 will get some sand-blast.

 

[RimaNTSS]

All 3 parts got sand-blast. Will do painting myself. Will use nice dark-blue color for that.

 

[Lazarus]

They've come up a treat

 

[RimaNTSS]

Also sprayed first layer of paint (there will be two).

 

[RimaNTSS]

Was cleaning worm-gear today. Stopped at worm itself.... can not disassemble it furher. Does somebody knows how to do that? @Trust1 , you?

 

[Trust]

Sorry Rima , no idea , I never took it apart that way .
Maybe when you cleaned it , there is some clue .

 

[RimaNTSS]

Yes, I have cleaned it and even showed to friend of mine. He made theory, that worm is welded inside the box. No clue. Does not matter, I covered worm by tape and started to paint everything in navy-blue color.

 

[RimaNTSS]

As my Ajak motor is lacking elevation and declination adjustments and also vertical pipe, I need to make them. Perhaps I should look for 100mm square pipe to fit in the opening of lower part of the motor.

 

[RimaNTSS]

More or less finished painting. But, to continue, need some new nuts&bolts (not metric, so, not easy to find). Also need to find 2 end-switches. Need to finish mount (100mm square pipe). Will use original (very heavy ring) to attach antenna. I need to make hinge along red line and 2 declination adjusters (where I circled green).