Today was spent making a mess and then cleaning it back up. Using this wonderful guide I completely tore our telescope's EQ mount apart, de-greased it, smoothed the rough surfaces, re-greased it, and put it all back together.

And there weren't any extra parts left over!

I haven't tried it on the stars yet but it sure does feel smooth. Oh, and I did the same thing to the focuser assembly. That's the biggest improvement since the manufacturer had lathered it in some sort of honey and rubber cement mix.

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