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The Roof.
Normally, you start at the foundations and work up from there.... Unfortunetly I was forced to work from the roof down, due to the roof being supported by the existing garages, I had to start there.
I wanted to something different for the sliding roof. Scratching my head looking through my shed to see what materials I had, I came across some laminated glass sitting in the corner. Ran a tape over it and and scratched my head some more and came up in my head a steel frame and glass cladding.
Here is the roof frame half complete. Note lack of collar ties in the the truss section. I want the roof to clear the scope when it is at its highest point so I never have to worry about stowing the scope in its lowest position to get roof clearance. The plan is that the roof can shut when the mount is in any position and the roof will not hit the ota's. The roof will be remotely controlled and will have lots of electronic goodies/sensors controlling it.
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