Description
This is our new kit to convert the Celestron CGE mount to use OnStep with stepper motors.
The goal was to make a kit that requires no modification of the motor boxes on the CGE. This was not an easy task. Most people take a die grinder to the stock motor mount. Instead i designed a entire new worm gear mount that a stepper motor with planetary gear box can bolt too. So now you can easily bolt on this kit with no modifications to the mount and put the stock lid back on the motor box.
I met that goal and now my beta testers have the final product on their mounts. The reports so far are very very good! Easy to install, super quite and with PHD guiding accuracy less then 1 arc second in my bortle 6 skies.
I will go over some of the details and features of the kit.
Custom Machined motor bracket for stepper motors. We took the CGE motor bracket and replicated it into a two piece design that allows the attachment of a stepper motor. You take your CGE motor bracket apart using the retainer nut driver we supply that users a standard 1/4″ hex bit that
Belt driven
Stepper motors
OnStep 4.24 – Bluetooth app for Android, WiFi networking, Home Switches, Limit Switch on RA
Custom worm retention nut removal driver
Documentation
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XubOac9tiDASklBJnOGu4cwixXkyKV-P?usp=sharing
Here is a video series talking about the steps needed to do the conversion.
If you are not comfortable following these instructions to move the worm gear from the original bracket to the new motor bracket you can ship me your motor assembly’s and i can move the worm gear over for you. Please contact me for more information on this service. I am located near Akron Ohio if you want to get estimates on shipping. If you want me to do the entire conversion i can provide that service also if i am shipped the head of the mount. I do not need the tripod. At this time i will do the installation for no cost on labor. You just need to pay for shipping the mount back and forth.
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