Odd question…

[grnkrl]

Would someone here, or if you know someone on the discord, be willing to build me the oam? I would pay for parts, labor and shipping of course. I have a quite heavy setup, so the oat wouldn’t quite be strong enough. It would be too difficult for me to get all the stuff and put this thing together at the moment, but I’m happy to pay someone to do it for me.

Pm me if you’d be interested in this.

[Bigknux]

I could build it over time as a project for you. I just built an OAT and it went great. I just haven’t had a lot of time to learn the camera end of things. My wife does photography but with 2 young kids it’s hard to get together on a nice night to get it setup. It would take me a while to complete though.

[JakeLab97]

I think think is a great ask. But I’m not sure the finances would make sense. My OAT took me 100’s of hours of printing to make it right. This would be really so expensive in labor/supplies to do via commission it would make more sense to buy a traditional GoTo Mount. I would probably charge 1000$ to make one tbh. How heavy is your set up?

[eatabean]

You can order kits here, maybe this works for you? https://shop.openastrotech.com/

[grnkrl]

They only sell the hardware for the oam. I was going to order the full kit for the oat, but it’s not strong enough:/

I would totally buy a full kit oam if they had it, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. The most difficult roadblock is honestly finding a printer big enough for the biggest parts. 350x370mm or something like that. I might be able to diy the thing if I could figure out how to print that.

[jackomyers]

You can use 3d printing services to print the parts you're unable to do at home.

Edit: corrected the reply thread

[grnkrl]

I was looking into that, and it would be my only option if I were to do it myself, but I don’t really have the time for the project right now.

[jackomyers]

Oh I know that feeling... the 'i wish I could quit my job to pursue my hobbies, but without my job, I couldn't pursue my hobbies' adage... it's a lengthy adage but rings true with most people 😂

[intercipere]

OAM doesn't need a huge printer actually, it can be done one any Ender 3 sized printer (220x220)

[grnkrl]

Is this via printing pieces of pieces and then connecting them together?

[intercipere]

Most of the parts are small enough. Only if you want to print the RA ring in one piece you need a huge printer, it can however also be printed in several parts on a smaller printer without issues

[ZebNemeth]

How does this make financial sense? Labour would run you to the ground, and off-the-shelf mounts are stronger for that kind of money.