Thread: Pier Design
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Old 08-12-2014, 03:48 PM
clive milne
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Originally Posted by jenchris View Post
Here's a simple one I've drawn up
Base plate thickness was 20mm sorry forgot to pop that in
If anyone would like to add something I can alter and repost then we can get a decent pier design by committee.... it'll probably look like Simpson's Car.
Yep, that is much better.
I would avoid the rat box all together if possible though,
if not, I would make the bolts as short as possible (there should be no more than a couple of mm of thread visible between the nuts) and use something like 5/8" or 16mm bolts if you can.

fwiw) 1 degree of Az adjustment requires 3mm of clearance in a rat box with a pcd of 200mm
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