Well, decided I'm already sick of set up and pull down for imaging, so building a ROR observatory. I brainstormed with Astroron and read heaps here, and decided to base it on the same Titan 3mx3m shed as 1ponders. I have the best neighbour in the world, since he welds
He's making a pier for me. Another friend has machined an NEQ6 adapter plate from some aluminium. I've decided to have an access hole in the side of the pier for the bold that screws into the NEQ6 head. 12mm top and bottom plates. Pier diameter about 170mm.
I've got the floor frame assembled and the holes marked. Dingo booked for in 2 days to auger the holes. I'm going for a 600mm auger for the pier concrete block. I'm thinking of 600mm deep, but would it be worth going deeper? I guess it's easy enough to do with the dingo doing the hard work.
Happy for any suggestions as we go along. I'm still not sure about the rollers, I'm thinking angle along the length with V-rollers sitting on the angle. How many rollers would I need? And still not sure how to secure the roof? Do I just have latches in the open and closed positions or should there also be some way to make sure it can't lift off in between open and closed?