[muletopia (Chris)]

Hello,
This link
https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/...d.php?t=135400
details my base build for an observatory pier.
It served me well for ten years,it needed polar alignment twice per year as the soil dried out and became saturated. It,and the observatory have been dismantled and transported to my new home on the Darling Downs in QLD. This time I will not build a cage in the concrete but use concrete bolts (not rawl plugs) to attach the pier to the concrete as they are secure and the pier base will be easily shimmed to correct the inevitable error in leveling the concrete. This obs will have mains power so all the fiddle of a solar panel supply is avoided.
The HEQ5 mount originally mounted was inadequate so it was replaced with a Mesu Mount 200 MK1.
Might interest you
Chris