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Originally Posted by batema
Peter it does look beautiful. My question is do you cover it with that wooden shed after use and if so would it be possible to take a couple of photos as I am about to order a AP1100 as well as a Tec 140 and I have no observatory and am trying to sole my dilemma of how do I set it up semi permanently without having to set up and pull down every night.
Mark
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Hi Mark,
Here is a link to quite a lot of photos showing how I constructed the roll off shed. If I were to do it again I would just make the base wider. It's a bit too narrow...not for the equipment but for the height. The length and height is just standard ply size. It would help if the entire structure were a little longer. With a camera on the drawtube, focused, the door just closes by mm. It would be a bit more complicated to build longer. The TEC140 does fit when focused with smaller cameras like an 8300 chip CCD. Amazingly it also fits a TEC180 with the TEC140 on top if the dew shield on the 180 is retracted, but I know it will not be long enough when focused...so I will be lengthening my structure soon. Actually I will only need to lengthen the area around the focuser/camera so it may look like a smaller box stuck on the large box. I've never had an issue with wind. However, I am completely protected by a tall house on one side. Out in the open I know this structure would need to be a lot wider and probably anchored with some cables to keep it from falling. You can see how I'm using the pier to help support the building. Let me know if you need more info or have trouble with the link below:
http://s1084.photobucket.com/user/PR...59000571976982
Peter