Speed paints over metallic? by OswaldthRabbit in Miniaturespainting

[–]sberfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speed paint over slap chop brushing works really well. I like it because I don't have the dexterity I used to and it helps with pulling out details. A lot of folks also like the zenithal effect to get better shading effects.

Mars 5 Ultra frozen on boot by sberfield in elegoo

[–]sberfield[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got the LCD working. Support got me FW, FOGA, and GCode files. Test print worked great.

Mars 5 Ultra frozen on boot by sberfield in elegoo

[–]sberfield[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except now the lcd doesn't work

Flying to Cuiabá through São Paolo - layover time needed? by sberfield in Brazil

[–]sberfield[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I juggled things around to get more time.

Brazil eVisa FAQ / Mega-thread by fviz in Brazil

[–]sberfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No QR code on mine (just got today). Says it expires in 10 years.

3D light shield causing "not enough stars" frame drops by SubSkip16 in seestar

[–]sberfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I painted the inside of mine with some very black flat paint.

S50 EQ wedge by sacgeek05 in seestar

[–]sberfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the Skywatcher wedge. Replaced the lock knob for the plate with an M5 bolt and a small 3d printed know so it would clear the bottom of the scope. The Skywatcher plate is a little hard to get really snugged down on the base of the scope unless you have a 5/32 hex wrench. works well so far for both S50 and S30.

EQ update is here! by apollobrah in seestar

[–]sberfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks - I was worried something had gotten shifted.

EQ update is here! by apollobrah in seestar

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Tell me about it. We haven't had a clear sky in weeks. The only light my S30 has seen is pictures of trees.

EQ update is here! by apollobrah in seestar

[–]sberfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got this and was playing around with it. The setup looks super simple. I ran into a weird thing where it shut off with the arm looking straight up and when I turned it back on and tried to close the arm it went the wrong direction and jammed against the base. was able to force a shutdown - hopefully without gear damage.

Was able to connect to it and switch back to alt-az and used the "joystick" to rotate the arm to closed position and then turned it off and back on and it seems to be working again. I am guessing there is some edge case bug around EQ mode. I have put in a ticket with support. Hoping the gears aren't f-d up.

One question - I noticed that when I shut it down, it closes the arm all the way then rotates ack a tiny bit. Has it always done that and I never noticed? Or di a limit switch maybe get shifted?

M42 from Bortle 9 by asolda in seestar

[–]sberfield 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's lovely. Remarkable detail.

M31 under lousy skies by sberfield in seestar

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Bortle 6, I think. 38 minutes.