NEQ6 belt mod, part #1

Just before the bank holiday this arrived in the post courtesy of First Light Optics:

Such was my enthusiasm for getting started that I’m not sure I have a photo of the contents, so until I find it (assuming it exists) I’ll just have to say that in includes the separate kits for the RA and DEC axes (pulleys, belts, motor mounting plates and idler wheel plates), some allen keys, a pair of tweezers and six pages of detailed instructions. Somewhat more daunting than the HEQ5 conversion I did very recently. I’d watched a few videos of the NEQ6 belt conversion being done and it looked like a significantly bigger job.

On the positive side, the recommendation was again to leave the mount on the tripod (or pier in my case) whilst doing the work, which means I shouldn’t need to redo the polar alignment afterwards.

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