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Thanks guys. One of the hardest things was to pick a colour (I'm a painter by trade and I have a shed full left over colours, in the end I chose something close to the Australian flag colour, so neighbors don't think it's a canon , not that you can see the colour at night .) I just wanted to make it different. I am thinking of motorising it and trying to put it on an equatorial platform. One concern I have is that the base is 1 metre in diameter( I got a little carrired away), so I have to make a platform to suit. By the way the length of the tube is 2 metres long It's made out of 30cm diameter pvc water pipe. It's abot 5-6 mm thick. The mount is made from formwork plywood, (the type they use to make concrete moulds so it's fairly waterproof). The edges I sealed using laminex edging pre glued. I tried it out during the day and I could see the leaves in the trees nearby quite clearly so I'm hoping the final test goes well on friday. Can't wait it's been a long 6 months.Regards Cristian
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