Eagleview Observatory - Construction of Australia's Highest Observatory - Page 21

strongmanmike (Michael) · #**401** 13-03-2023, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

Mike I think you are way overcompensating for something.

Naaaah happy enough with both

Mike

Dave882 (David) · #**402** 13-03-2023, 03:03 PM

Ooh yeah I say go for it!! Not sure they sell aircraft hangers at Stratco tho

strongmanmike (Michael) · #**403** 13-03-2023, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave882

Ooh yeah I say go for it!! Not sure they sell aircraft hangers at Stratco tho

Such a shed would be a no brainer to assemble...I am sure..? We have the experience now

Mike

LonelySpoon (Neville) · #**404** 14-03-2023, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Such a shed would be a no brainer to assemble...I am sure..? We have the experience now

Mike

Points at door: "I'm pretty sure that should be vertical..."

Neville
LSO

xelasnave · #**405** 14-03-2023, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Such a shed would be a no brainer to assemble...I am sure..? We have the experience now

Mike

I purchased a small shed from Bunnings ...easy assembly I do not think so....honestly I could have bought timber and sheeting and built it better and in half the time...so fiddly ...came with so many screws in a bag I should have realised right then what I was in for...

The market needs a product that just folds into place with no more than four locking bolts.

Keep it up and more food photos..it am in radiation so bored as.

Alex

strongmanmike (Michael) · #**406** 14-03-2023, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by LonelySpoon

Points at door: "I'm pretty sure that should be vertical..."

Neville
LSO

Oh my GOD!!! Nev, it was certainly not an "Easy Shed" at all

...glad there were three minds, 6 eyes and 3 pairs of hands available

Mike

strongmanmike (Michael) · #**407** 14-03-2023, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by xelasnave

I purchased a small shed from Bunnings ...easy assembly I do not think so....honestly I could have bought timber and sheeting and built it better and in half the time...so fiddly ...came with so many screws in a bag I should have realised right then what I was in for...

The market needs a product that just folds into place with no more than four locking bolts.

Keep it up and more food photos..it am in radiation so bored as.

Alex

The kit was a challenge

but we got there in the end. Yeah, like the perfect tent, needs to be mostly popup

Good luck with the radiation

Mike

LonelySpoon (Neville) · #**408** 15-03-2023, 04:19 PM

Mike,
I used Stratco for mine. My child works there and did the order, too.

Designed the whole thing in Sketchup (You can still see it in their collection '3m Wooden dome'.

Everything measured to the mm. Child double checked everything then ran it though the Stratco system.

Obs meant to be 3m X 6m inside width, with 50mm cladding, ie 3.1m x 3.1m outside.

Everything , all the flooring, cross pieces, walls, etc perfectly cut and it went together like Lego.

Until the right-angle pieces to cover the joins.

They were each exactly 100mm short, ie not accounting for the thickness of the cladding.

And of course, they were the last bits to go on.

Because it had been heavily discounted by the boss I didn't have the heart to go on about it. Lots of mastic covered the ends.

Yep, something where you press a button and it all jumps out and assembles would be great!

Hope the rad treatment goes well Alex

Neville,

LSO

strongmanmike (Michael) · #**409** 15-03-2023, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by LonelySpoon

Mike,
I used Stratco for mine...

<snip>

Lots of mastic covered the ends.

Neville,

LSO

DOH!

I.C.D (Ian) · #**410** 15-03-2023, 09:19 PM

Hi Mike we have put our place in the Singleton on the market and moving down to Queanbeyan / Bungendore area to be closer to the grandchildren
Ian

strongmanmike (Michael) · #**411** 16-03-2023, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by I.C.D

Hi Mike we have put our place in the Singleton on the market and moving down to Queanbeyan / Bungendore area to be closer to the grandchildren
Ian

Cool, we will practically be neighbours

Mike

I.C.D (Ian) · #**412** 25-03-2023, 10:18 AM

Hi Mike were you able to see the southern aurora lights last night from you place.
Ian

strongmanmike (Michael) · #**413** 25-03-2023, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by I.C.D

Hi Mike were you able to see the southern aurora lights last night from you place.
Ian

I wasn't up there and the weather was not so good anyway.

We do have the perfect unobstructed southern horizon for catching one though, so hopefully, eventually we will be up there on a moonless clear night when the aurora indexes are favourable, should be a sight if it is a good one

Mike

iborg (Philip) · #**414** 28-03-2023, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LonelySpoon

I used Stratco for mine. My child works there and did the order, too.

Designed the whole thing in Sketchup (You can still see it in their collection '3m Wooden dome'.

Hi Neville

I don't suppose you have a link? I tried to find it, but, didn't get far.

Have fun

Philip

LonelySpoon (Neville) · #**415** 29-03-2023, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by iborg

I don't suppose you have a link? I tried to find it, but, didn't get far.

Phil,
I can't get to the SketchUp warehouse any more- I refuse to pay for new SketchUp version.

I can see that it is there though. The proper search is "3m wooden astronomical observatory"

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/mod...ervatory?hl=en

Have fun.

Neville

iborg (Philip) · #**416** 29-03-2023, 12:15 PM

Hi Neville

I didn't realise you were 'Mr lonely'

Looks like you did a superb job on that.

Thank you for the link.

g__day (Matthew) · #**417** 31-03-2023, 10:49 PM

Hey Mike - I wonder have you decided on your Astrolab control set up and what you software you choose to manage your gear - and whether you might share your choices and design thinking?

I am also keen to know are you running this all software framework on bare metal Windows PC - or did you create a VM image to your needs and just load it when you want on whatever PC or laptop you desire to make it easy to swap if anything dies?

Keen to know your choices as I am thinking of getting back into astro imaging on a far more humble scale!

strongmanmike (Michael) · #**418** 03-04-2023, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by g__day

Hey Mike -

Keen to know your choices as I am thinking of getting back into astro imaging on a far more humble scale!

Couldnt really be on a more humble setup than me

I just use a lappie with Astrophysics control and Astroart, only new fangled feature over my previous observatory is the dome follows the scope now

My next mod will be controlling the scope and cameras from inside the nearby site shed/warm room, via USB over ethernet, hopefully an Easter job

Old comfortable habits change sloooowly

Mike

xelasnave · #**419** 04-04-2023, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Couldnt really be on a more humble setup than me

I just use a lappie with Astrophysics control and Astroart, only new fangled feature over my previous observatory is the dome follows the scope now

My next mod will be controlling the scope and cameras from inside the nearby site shed/warm room, via USB over ethernet, hopefully an Easter job

Old comfortable habits change sloooowly

Mike

Good luck Mike....I finally " finished" ..the control etc.( thanks to simple Asiair plus units on all scopes....even got my hands on a nice " fat controller type chair" from office works..but????? It never ends I tells ya...and my back w ent and I never pulled a truck so why me? My back was what others were measured by..strong straight unbreakable but..turned to a nightmare opposite... then the gear problems just grew...
My roof has gone from a thing of wonder that one could be proud of to something that is now keeping me awake at night wondering why me... installing of the gate motor now perhaps exceeding the price of a dome that works...send pity and lots off It.

So please more encouraging stories of progress and well plenty more of photos of food...

Keep up the good work mate and keep your story before us.

Alex

strongmanmike (Michael) · #**420** 04-04-2023, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by xelasnave

Good luck Mike....I finally " finished" ..the control etc.( thanks to simple Asiair plus units on all scopes....even got my hands on a nice " fat controller type chair" from office works..but????? It never ends I tells ya...and my back w ent and I never pulled a truck so why me? My back was what others were measured by..strong straight unbreakable but..turned to a nightmare opposite... then the gear problems just grew...
My roof has gone from a thing of wonder that one could be proud of to something that is now keeping me awake at night wondering why me... installing of the gate motor now perhaps exceeding the price of a dome that works...send pity and lots off It.

So please more encouraging stories of progress and well plenty more of photos of food...

Keep up the good work mate and keep your story before us.

Alex

On ya Alex

keep on keeping on, is the way to do it and just enjoying what you have

Mike