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Old 18-04-2008, 11:24 AM
Ian Robinson
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Originally Posted by jinxsta View Post
Another update and a couple more photos.
Have done the decking between rain showers and the next thing will be a handrail and then have to work out some sort of cover for the scope.
but all in all I'm chuffed with the way it has come along.
Filling the tube with concrete is probably overkill .... if it's thick enough metal it would be plenty solid enough.

If I had been doing this I would have left the tube hollow , can put power and data and computer cables inside it that way (If needed later) , I would have capped the tube's top with nice thick piece of steel plate , with the levelling bolts pre welded to it.

Anyway , not too shabby a job .

PS : roughly how much did the materials for your pier and platform set you back roughly ?

You can do mine now .
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