Large lot of older very large and very heavy equatorial mounts, drive gears, and other parts mostly made by Terry Clinard of Optic Craft Machining out of Farmington, Michigan. Research, responses from a CN forum post plus the statement of the widow of the former owner/user convince me of the maker.
Basically what you see is what you get and most importantly to me: the buyer has to take it all. This has all been in storage for years and hasn't been used in more than 10 years, you can see that some of this needs serious cleanup.
These parts and assemblies are very BIG and very HEAVY. Shaft diameters are 1.5”, 2”, 2.5” and 3”. Two of the three gears are 12” OD and one is 14” OD.
Prefer a local inspection/pickup/purchase in Chico, CA but not mandatory. No way will I ship all this but I’m willing to consider a meetup outside of Chico with a firm commitment to buy. I go to the San Francisco Bay Area about once a month but prefer to meet in the East or South bay areas.
$450 for the lot, cash only at the time of inspection unless you have something astro of interest to me for trade.