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Originally Posted by SimmoW
Hi folks, I'm thinking of getting a pier custom built by a trusted contact.
Many ppl use a cage to fine tune levelling. This concerns me due to possible flexure. Are my concerns valid? Is it possible to have a perfectly horizontal base? Does it matter nowadays if it's not perfectly level?
Thanks in anticipation of any comments/ideas.
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So, you spend a fortune building a really solid pier, bury it in a ton of concrete and then hang all your gear on 4 bolts and few nuts?
Its stating the bleeding obvious that this is not a good idea. You effectively negate all the effort below the rats cage. As someone else said, get the top of the pier pretty level and use the equatorial head adjustments to fix the rest.