I'm slowly getting there
.
I completed assembling the POD yesterday (all except caulking around the bottom
) so it was time to start setting up the scope.
Oops!
The mount won't fit on the pier adapter plate
...
It seems I had assembled it all previously, but not with the nuts and studs in the adapter plate
... the nuts were fouling the azimuth adjusting screws. So change of plan today... I replaced the studs with 100mm set screws an all is well
.
So tonight I've started assembling the scope on the pier and moving stuff into the POD
. As it i going to be wet the next few days (I can't imagine why?
) I caulked the bottoms of the walls (even though the silastic I have isn't the best stuff for the job, it's better that nothing
.
I have a few jobs to do to set the scope up properly:
- Modify the lead to my dew heater controller with a plug so I can run the cable through the conduit;
- polar align, of course;
- maybe source some fresh adhesive backed velcro - some of the stuff I have wants to peel off rather than the velcro come apart... I think it's old... the adhesive is hardly sticky at all!
I'll post photos later.
Other than that is all
here!
Al.