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Originally Posted by Lismore Bloke
You've done a great job on the 16 Rob if the progress pics are anything to go by. I have done some woodwork but not to that standard. The high gloss finish you have achieved is something that even professional painters usually won't touch. Hard to avoid runs. I would not like to lift that sucker too much when it is finally assembled.
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Thank you for your kind words, although I'm still a little un-impressed with
the results. The Sec' cage came out well, the base board had a few drama's
but I think I know what I did wrong. As for wood work I haven't really
ever done any except for the lil 8" truss dob I made for my sons over
last Xmas. I sure do get a kick out of making them. The high gloss
finnish is also a first attempt, boy it is something I think you really
have to know what your doing, but I have learnt a couple of things
that seem to help. Firstly let the poly, job and day heat up. I stick
the tin of poly in the sun for an hour. And secondly I've used a brush
and a spounge and fibre roller. The brush although more difficult will
give you a better finish, but dribbles are uncontrollable. When I build
the next one I'm going to invest in a spray pack. As for carting it
about the place once it's complete, I'm installing removable wheel
burrow handles on it and I'll have to build a ramp to get it inside.
The Alt bearing aren't being shipped until later this week now. So I've
started on the split blocks and truss poles.
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Originally Posted by Lismore Bloke
Haven't done much observing last few days. Moon interfering. Downloaded Cartes du Ciel. Pretty impressive package for a freebie. I've already printed off a couple of maps that should be useful for finder charts although obviously there are better packages around (The Sky etc).
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Well.... ummmm errr I have two new filters and I've tried the 2-3am rise
but it's a lil too frosty... even just getting out of bed
must be
getting old or something but it's just killing me this year. Besides I think
if I left the lil 8" sitting out there all night, it'll be covered in ice by the
time I got out there... given there is first half of the night moonage
happening at present. I'm pretty sure the 16" will be ready for this
coming new moon
regards,CS