[anthony2302749]

First project for this weekend was to get the dome up on to the observatory with the help of my son. While the dome is bulky it is not overly heavy which meant it was a good two-man lift in army vernacular.

I used a set of dolly boards to manoeuvre the dome from the pergola up on the paving then up on to the lawn. From there we man handle it on to the lifting frame and slowly jacked it up until we got it in a manageable position where we could slide it onto the observatory. As Scott Cam would say, "Job done".

Once up I discovered couple problems which will need to be rectified. They are the rollers, found that the bearings moved within the aluminium tube so made some modification to fix that issue. All so the shrink tube on some need hitting with the heat gun again.

Other more annoying problem is that the dome base doesn't sit flush the observatory. The problem comes down to a carpentry error on my behalf, my levels are not level. I have a fix in mine which I will discuss next weekend.

So, I am happy the dome is up, it is waterproof, and the project is coming together nicely even with a SNAFU.

Cheers