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Old 03-08-2022, 02:19 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Perhaps you need an additional hobby for some balance

Alex
I do...craft beer drinking

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That's an impressive rig, Mike!

It does always seem to go slow as you start working on the myriad small details.

I've managed to get some observing done with mine, but only by un-shipping the shutter motors and opening and closing by hand, but a bit like the boat analogy, at least I can sit in it and dream of sailing the seas!

I too ran all my cabling under the floor, but that was from the warm room to the dome, as I go in there every viewing session- more of a trip hazard.

Can I guess that you won't be doing that each session, so less need to make holes in the floor?

Neville
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I will have a warm/control room too (the nearby site shed) and my power (240V and 12V) and data cables, will run under the deck, then ground, to there but I hadn't considered running the Scopedome motor control cables from the motor to the control box, under the deck floor, which would clear the floor inside of the dome, that is an idea to consider

Mike
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