Finished Snake Valley Pier

[mick pinner]

painted this afternoon and ready for the weekend.
now fitted with the new Meade Ultra Wedge.

[ballaratdragons]

Excellent Mick!

Lots of people would drool to have one of those as a pier, and you just whack one together to bring to an Astro camp!!!! :eyepop:

Looks good. :thumbsup:

[Shawn]

Brilliant Mick
Well done, did you get the weekend off work, or something..LOL

Looks good in White, what are you mounting on it,,?

S

[ballaratdragons]

Be interesting to know a price on the unit, minus the four legs.

[toetoe]

Turned out good Mick, looks to good to put a scope on it though.;)

[rogerg]

I'm amazed how some people can just whip up something like this. It'd take me weeks of planning just to get it built by an engineer. If I tried it myself every angle and length would be out by at least 10%.

It looks 100% professional.

Roger.

[h0ughy]

OK I will ask the dumb questions:screwy: , so how do you level the pier on site:shrug: (excluding some level adjustment with the mounting plate bolts, they cant take all the adjustments. Also those very sharp steel corners look like shin and toe removers to me:scared: , should you round them off to help dull the effect ( or would a few ports help;) ).

you may need some threaded rod or bolts on the leg extensions to allow for levelling:D , only a suggestion I take it you would have time this week to add that? Oh and where is the coffee cup holder:P , portable heater, radio/cd player and inbuilt strobing light?:lol: :whistle:

[mick pinner]

the pier was made primarily for snake valley so flat ground won't be a problem, bolt on adjusters will be added later but time is a premium at the moment, heaps of work to get through before l go anywhere. the sharp edges will have rubber caps fitted soon, it's pointless trying to round of edges on steel that thick it's still going to hurt.

[Lee]

Looks great..... I wish I'd paid more attention in metal work now....

[beren]

:thumbsup: Top work Mick , amazing I was looking at getting something made up like this at the start of the year , sent off some enquiries to 3 enginerring firms in Perth and got no reply and here you are rigging something up so quickly and looks great too

[rogerg]

If you need something like a pier done I know an engineer up in the hills (Walliston) that will do jobs like that - he's done 2 for me no problems. Usually takes 2-4 weeks including galvanising. He's done lots of stuff for my family's businesses over the last 25 years.

Roger.

[Tamtarn]

The pier looks fantastic Mick. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh at SV :D

[[1ponders]]

How cool is that. Looks great Mick.

[mill]

Looks really good Mick.
Now i know who to ask advice when going to build one myself. :)

[ving]

looks very pro! :)

[beren]

:thumbsup: Thanks Roger, I ended up getting the larger LX tripod but still have a dream for a permanent pier or at least a pier on wheels I will definitely keep that in mind, cheers

[Ric]

Great pier Mick, a real work of art.


cheers

[Davo3960]

Might make one of those next. Looks good. Just finished mine today. Got the final coat of paint on and the sky looks clear for tonight to use it.

[Shawn]

Well Done...

S