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Old 23-07-2006, 10:16 PM
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g__day (Matthew)
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My new Pier

Well its close to completed now, just wondering whether to weld extra corner balkwards to reduce any vibration...

So a piccy or two and if folk are interested I'll write a more detailed how to guide!

Under the mount there is 180KG of cement with 30cm 15mm bolts anchoring it (hidden below the pavers).

The mount is a 1.3 metre length of 5 mm thick steel cylinder of 140mm diameter, filled with sand, MIG welded to a 45cm square 8mm plate that is cold galvanised underneath and painted gloss black on top.

The tube at its top is bolted to a 75 cm long rod of marine grade aluminium cylinder that is 130 mm in diameter, professionally milled down to 128.8 mm. The cylinder has a 150 mm diammeter stainless steel cap 3mm thick bolted on. The cylinder and cap have a 60 cm diameter well drilled 2 cm deep with the core locking bolt passed through.

I took the original Celestron South peg and drilled and taped this into the mount attackment head and voila!

Finally the rod is then locked into the mount with 8 stainless steel bolts and its dead level!

Total cost - about $400 for materials and milling labour
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