Hi I am trying to make life abit easier for myself because it seems to take me half the night to setup and reasonably polar align just for the cloud to then roll in!! (SE QLD) I thought I would set up a somewhat portable pier. I have a rather large Rectangular garden column which used to have a pot on it which I am going to fill with sand. It is made of sandstone and already very heavy. I have a SN10" on a LXD75 mount.
My questions if anyone can help are:
1. Does the baseplate and the mounting plate have to be made of steel of would wood be Ok? Funds are very tight!! Not sure if I am using the right terms here but by the baseplate I mean the one that bolts down to the column and the mounting plate the one that the mount bolts too.
2. Does the pier need to be a certain height. I presume I will need to make allowances so the tube or the counter weights has enough clearance.
Sorry for the dumb questions but as you can see I'm enthusiastic but not very experienced.
Cheers
Warrick