I turned these knobs from 40mm stock on a manual lathe during the week, and JI cnc-milled them to shape today.
There's still one bit missing from the wedge: the fine-adjustment piece for the azimuth-angle during polar alignment. I'll try to make it on the lathe next, and then everything should be ready for anodizing.
CNC machined two side-plates for the equatorial wedge today. Next up are some M10 and M6 knobs on the lathe, and the fine-adjustment for azimuth. Then all parts should be polished and anodized.
This is the top plate of the wedge which will be tilted so that the alt/az mount which is bolted to it has its azimuth axis pointing towards the celestial north pole. The side-plates will have to wait until next weekend.
I'm building an equatorial wedge which will transform my new alt/az goto-mount into an equatorial mount. This is the first part which attaches to the tripod. Two smaller side plates will be bolted to this plate and support a similarly shaped tilted plate to which the alt/az head attaches. The design is similar to the "mega wedge pro" (how about that for a product name!).
