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EdStainless, We are definitely taking a look at vibrations and resonant frequencies. I'm happy you mentioned the need for the precise and smooth motion, it's something that I've been hoping to optimize from its current, preliminary state. Do you have any recommendations on how to achieve this...

drawoh, Thanks for the clarification! That's what I thought you meant. I will definitely give it a try and make a decision accordingly. I agree! We never considered a one-sided approach but, before the fork design was thought of, we tried 2 other approaches; unfortunately, we ran into...

drawoh, I will definitely be performing a structural analysis ASAP. After your recommendation, I feel as if I'm misunderstanding the concept of the "one-sided" mount, can you elaborate? Or, perhaps, refer me to a website that has an example of a one-sided mount? I'm open to making these kinds...

Compositepro, Thanks for the reply! Before the project's design was started (before I was even on the team), it was decided that an Alt-Az mount was preferable to an Equatorial mount for the purpose of this project for a number of reasons. Time, cost, complexity and space constraints are the...

drawoh, Thanks for the reply! Screws coming up through my baseplate was my original idea, but I came across the flange idea and thought it was a better fit for my design. With flanges, I could use threaded bolts to make it more resistant to potential mechanical vibrations. I'm not an expert in...

Below is the very preliminary assembly design. Please pay no mind to the interference of solids near the top of plates #1 and #2. I'm aware of this, it's obviously going to be corrected but has not been done just yet; I just posted the picture to give you guys a better idea of what it looks...

Hello, I'm working on an astronomical study project that entails building a mount for a telescope. I'm working on the mechanical aspect and I am designing the mount at the moment, but I've run into some questions about how I should go about designing the joints for the mounts (1&2 in the...