After going through a range of ideas for my pier, work started today.
The pier had a few requirements:
1. Big enough to hold my current maximum gear (Eq6 Pro, GSO 12",
ED80, plus cameras)
2. Big enough to hold something bigger in the future (20" RCOS and
big mount - dreaming again)
3. Mount through the existing deck, but be able to be moved out of
the way when friends come round for a barbie.
Here's the area it has to go.
The deck sits on top of sandstone and clearance from the deck down
to the rock is 10 inches, so I figured a base unit, firmly mounted to the
rock, with a separate pier that bolts to it would work well. That way I
can unbolt the pier from the base, and put a hatch cover back on the
deck, and no one would be any the wiser.
Here is the deck with the hatch removed, and a view beneath showing
the rock:
This rock is not just a little slab, this monolith is about 150 metres long,
30 metres wide, and 10+ metres deep. The whole house, and about 8
of our neighbours houses are built on this rock, and several swimming
pools have been excavated into it. I aint gonna move!
Now, how to mount the base.......
Cheers,
Jason.