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Well, after a nice sleep i decided to strip down and remove the 14" RCX-400 from the observatory and start installing the new baby.
All i can say, that was the easy part, because the rest of the day was murder.
I called my Brother inlaw who's very good at welding and all metal work and asked him to giver me a hand with the pier and mount.
Considering he was the one that got me the pier in the first place, i thought it fitting to scab off him as much help as i could get before he gives up.
So we assembled the pier, fitted the gussets then welded them flush, drilled and tapped a 10mm steel plate to hold the head onto the pier, filled the pier with sand then welded the plate to the pier. We also added the fine adjustment stops to allow fine moving along the azimuth.
Thats my brother in law in the image, so thanks Lenny Grech, i owe you one.
Next, while i had him, i asked him to help me put the mount together. He had to say yes, and i knew that, and took advantage of it. So we started to bring in the mount bits into the dome a little at a time. My god the mount parts are heavy, and everything fitted perfectly.
Tomorrow i hope to have the telescope mounted n the next 2 days, maybe Sunday if i can get him to come down again..
Anyway here is the progress. Hopefully i have enough energy to continue tomorrow, im not so young anymore !.
Theo
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