Well i thought it fitting that my new 12" SCT should have a home of it's own to protect it from the elements when not in use, so with approval of the household it was all systems go.
It was always my intention to permenantly mount the scope on a peir which i already had, but wasn't to keen to leave it outside all the time, and carrying in and out is a feat on it's own.
So here we have it, just a couple of doors and roof and she's finished.
I designed the building, so that it could move along two rails and be easily pushed out of the way when i want to observe.
It, the building is fully lined inside with plywood sheeting, and the walls and roof are also fully insulated, this will help with the summer heat.
The rollers that it runs on are two sets of devices that are usually placed under fridges so they can be easily moved from one place to another.
The carrying capacity is 300kg per set of two, so i have one set on either side, four rollers in all.
Although not quite finished i expect to have the scope permenantly mounted and covered by the weekend.
There is also room for a shelf on one side for any computer setup, which also will also be permenantly housed in the small buliding, as leads will easily reach the scope.
Anyway it might not be to evetons liking but i'm happy with it.
Unfortunatly, only one peir will be in it's own home, with the scope, the other one which is closest in the photo is usually covered, and lives outside.
I use that one for my ED 80 and Astro-imaging platform.
Boy o Boy, you don't muck around Leon. It was only the other night when I was there that you were saying you might build a roll off building in that spot!!!!
Would love to help out RB but i dont know where you live, your signature is blank,
And Tony, if you come to pinch it i'll set our watch dog on to you....
Does it have a pit and the obligatory resident red-backs?
Nah, joking, Leon, what a job; you don't hang around once you've got the bit between your teeth. Good luck with it - I hope that it turns out to be all you expected of it.
It has worked out great, and dose everything that i had hoped it would, it now has shelves, power and lighting, and the scope moves in tonight, as do the cloudes
Althought i dose not have much clearance when it moves through the door, once inside it can move any where with out hitting anything, so thats agood thing.
As you can see in the photo we have that ferocious watchdog to look after
it.
That looks great, top set up
