Greetings all. At the moment I have an EQ 6 pro and a CGEM which I use on a wooden deck out back. Vibrations are not too bad so long as I don't move during exposures-at all.
I have damped them down with home made anti vibration gear (I find half a thong on a gym mat works as well as anything) but would like a more permanent, stable setting-also one that takes up less room in the end.
What I want to achieve is a single pier that I can put my EQ 6 and my CGEM on for different scopes. Also the footprint of the pier would be less than a tripod or two so my wife and child can have some of the deck back!
My problem is that my deck is a sort of cantilevered floating deck over rough tapering downhill ground. I have measured the distance just to the surface from roughly where my scope is now and it is at least 1200cm.
I reckon I can get permission to cut a hole in the deck to put a pier and isolate it from the deck, but it would be quite long to reach the ground and be buried well, and then reach up to my ideal tripod height.
Is this possible and likely to succeed?
What sort of pipe would I use?
What would I fill it with?
What depth should it be buried to?
Is it feasible to expect to be able to use both mounts on it or should just try and use one?
I would really like to be able to just take my scopes and electronics outside each time so am curious as to the feasibility of this.
The other issue is that digging a deep hole underneath the deck would be a nightmare- no room to stand up or swing a shovel as the clearance is less than human sized.
I know, lots of questions.
Regards
Graham
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