Its Done Its up. and fit.

[Shawn]

Sorry for just posting a link guys, Ill post here later as soon as Ive recovered from the stress, Pics are here, , Im too tired to post over multiple forums.. http://ravenshoe.net/bbs/YaBB.pl?board=DIY;action=display;nu m=1163921664;start=35#35
(http://ravenshoe.net/bbs/YaBB.pl?board=DIY;action=display;nu m=1163921664;start=35#35)

[Astroman]

Great Work Shawn, you have put some effort into this in such a short time span too, a real work of art, bet you are in there looking at the views from inside the dome already :P

[Shawn]

Heres the pics...Calcs were spot on, one inch out on one post, I knew about that...and 600kg, would have put a big dent in the roof if dropped...

Cheers All thanks for looking..

[iceman]

Wow, it's looking great!

Nice fit!

[Shawn]

Thanks Mike, that was one stressful day..;)

[Ric]

What a fantastic sight to see it all coming together, it wont be long now until it's up and running.
It has to be the amateur astronomer's dream to have your own domed observatory.

great stuff

[xelasnave]

Hey Shawn now thats its pretty near finished do you recon you could pop down and give me a hand with doing one, smaller but now that you understand it I just thought maybe....
That look fantastic and room to move.. it looks huge. Lucky it did not turn out windy, you would appreciate how the dome may respond to a gust.. probably drag the crane along behind it.. you are a legend mate top stuff.
alex

[xelasnave]

Hey Shawn hows about some internal shots..with people or something for scale...and you cant use the weather..unless you are under it.. as an excuse for no photos..
alex

[Shawn]

Sure thing Alex, Ill take a couple tommorrow, Im going to be working on the transition pieces any way..

Merry xmas

S

[Shawn]

Here you go, left it a little late, poor light sorry, but it does the job,
ic taken from the comp room looking up thru where a window will be..:)

[h0ughy]

excellent ... . .what a christmas gift!!

[Shawn]

Cheers Houghman, a compliment from you is a worthy acolade, somebody did piont out to me on the other side, that my 14er will be too small for the obs.

As you say in your sig...

I have a plan....;)

Merry xmas mate..

[Dennis]

Wow - what a project! :eyepop: What a dome - it looks fantastic. I admire your skills and talent in engineering and in pulling this one off Shawn - a truly monumental effort. Go get some sleep and rest now, you deserve it. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Well done

Dennis

[Shawn]

thanyou for that Dennis, but I have to give credit to the many forums / newsgroups I gleamed information off, including a large contribution from IIS , with my frequent posts and feedback received. All I did was implement it, You might say its been a collaberative effort, my money, your ideas...;)

[DaveO]

Drool!

[Argonavis]

Monumentally impressive.

May I ask what the dome is covered with?

and the dome frame - it is a geodesic design, what is it made from and how do the corners attach to each other?

is it cyclone proof?

ta

[Shawn]

Hi Sarah, sure is cyclone proof. he construction of the dome is a long and tedious task. a lot to cover in a single reply. Ive just finished writing up a HTML on geo construction ,"or at least the way I did it.:) I have a late xmas lunch to go to right now, As soon as I get back, Ill forward it to Mr Salway, for possible submission to the articles dept...

Thanks for you interest, there is a lot of information here, but it still does not cover it all....http://ravenshoe.net/bbs/YaBB.pl?num=1163921664/51#51

All the Best S

...

[xelasnave]

It looks bigger than I imagined.. great work to date but theres more to be done xmas is over ..whats next to do? New goal fully opperational before next year..thats next year ..plenty of time.
alex

[Shawn]

Couple a Days Alex. heaps of time...:shrug: