Well... I mounted the D* to the E* - lol

[Shawn95GT]

Well... I mounted the E* to the P* - lol

Well - it may or may not work out (probably not!) but I was thinking that it'd be a whole lot nicer to mount / adjust to a motor if I could make the Dish500 mount work on the P*. I'd also pick up dish skew adjustment in the process. When I had the P* dish apart I noticed the dish part was actually pretty light so... I ghetto'd the two together. It isn't pretty - and would need re-enforcement to be done right. I did it because I really had no use for the Dish500 dish and I figured I couldn't hurt the P* dish .

 

[Shawn95GT]

Oh yeah, I painted the P* dish today too:

 

[Mr Tony]

god damn that might work

so instead of using the P* mount, you're using the Dish mount?

theres a thought

 

[n4bbq]

Oh yeah, I painted the P* dish today too:

Si, me gusta, me gusta mucho...

 

[PopcornNMore]

Great job Shawn, it really looks good. I am impressed.

Dave

 

[PSB]

The painted dish looks fantastic! Very Nice!

 

[Shawn95GT]

god damn that might work

so instead of using the P* mount, you're using the Dish mount?

theres a thought

Pretty much!

I figured it's worth a shot and the Dish500 is otherwise worthless to me (no LNBs).

 

[Mr Tony]

damn I might do that with my DirecPC I got

I've got enough dish parts to make 5 dishes…so its worth a shot (and a weekend to kill)

 

[ken2400]

Nice JOB! How may coats do you apply?

I had Dish 500 mount like the you have. I picked it off the road the the dish part was messed up. I ended up giving it away at a ham fest since I was not into this hobby as much as I am now. Wished I still had it.

Well - it may or may not work out (probably not!) but I was thinking that it'd be a whole lot nicer to mount / adjust to a motor if I could make the Dish500 mount work on the P*. I'd also pick up dish skew adjustment in the process. When I had the P* dish apart I noticed the dish part was actually pretty light so... I ghetto'd the two together. It isn't pretty - and would need re-enforcement to be done right. I did it because I really had no use for the Dish500 dish and I figured I couldn't hurt the P* dish .

 

[Shawn95GT]

I used the whole can of paint and it took 3-4 coats to get even color.

I noted the non-metallic part with my paint selection but some sites also reccomend a flat paint which makes sense looking at what comes on the dishes. I'm going to pick up another can to touch it up and then probable hit the reflector with a flat clear.