Well it's been a while between posts, but I've been at it every day. Sometimes it doesn't seem like I get much done, but these things just take time.
Anyway...
A few photos for you all. I'm about at the stage where the observatory building is completed and now it's time to start filling it with scope and electronics etc.
I spent a great deal of time on dust and water proving the room as much as possible, as you'll see in the photos. I have a 180W exhaust fan that will be installed to provide air circulation for cooling electronic gear, aswell as providing a positive pressure to the room to keep dust out.
The photos show, in no particular order:
3 homemade bolt locks.
Tracks with upside down angle where the wheels run.
Keepers that have 2 bearings on each to keep the roof running where it should incase anything want to move or if the roof wants to lift.
Double seals on every wall to roof contacting point.
The roof motor and racks.
It's a little dirty, but it's all getting a paint at the end.
Next steps are mounting of weather sensor and sky monitoring gear, all sky camera aerials, the fan and filter, then the electronics inside.
Not to far away now
Thanks for looking