Nice work there, nothing like over enginering a pier I did it myself give me something to hang onto when a huricane comes along or to tie up the queen mary to so it don't float away.
jokes aside looking great can't wait to see the finished work.
I still want to know where the camping sites are...
If you look at one of the earlier shots you can see waaaayyyy down the bottom of the hill near the creek, where the frost burn is? Down past that next to the ice floating on the creek
Just to help make you feel at home. The site even comes with it's own shovel and straining stump.
Nice work there, nothing like over enginering a pier I did it myself give me something to hang onto when a huricane comes along or to tie up the queen mary to so it don't float away.
jokes aside looking great can't wait to see the finished work.
I know what you mean. When I peeled off the cardboard I though "Cr......ikey, that's a bit bigger than I thought it would be! But boy its stable. "
Hi Paul ,
Make a list of electrical hardware you require and I can get a quote at contractor prices.( My Turk's Card).
Seeing the sonotube takes me back to when I built my 10". You should have spoken up . I would have lent it to you.........I think I need .
Good looking job. I would agree with the masses and say the colour of your grass would describe the majority of us....me included.
Cheers Wes
Thanks Wes. I'll definitely take you up on the electrical offer once I work out what I need. Atm I'm trying to teach myself to weld I think I'd have more success falling pregnant.
Well Wes it's time to take you up on that offer. I'm ready for some electrical "stuff" and some electrical advice.
Here's the next round of construction. Hopefully it is the last of the welding, for a while at least. This stage has been a while in coming due to some unforeseen hiccups (nothing to do with the observatory), but I'm ready for the floor now. I've got two weeks holidays coming up so here's hoping for a big push. I'd like to be in by Xmas if at all possible.
In the interest of fun, maybe we should have a little contest to see who is the first to achieve first light... I've started a bit later, and I know you've had some set delays, but so have I, and I really have no idea when the POD will arrive...
If the weather looks like staying non-raining today and for the next few days I'll put the floor down today. If its a bit iffy then I'll do it Sunday so I can put the walls, roof and cladding on over the following few days.
There'll definitely be an Obi-Obi opening Randall.
Paul good luck with the weather so you can get closer to finishing and using the observatory.
Great location and plans.
Looking forward to seeing the ergonomics of the internal lay-out as you have given me inspiration to start planning my own observatory.
-cheers Chris
Well it was a big day yesterday with 35.9° - 38° in the shade (depending on which gauge I checked) by 2:30 in the arvo. Summer is here already!!
But the good new is....
The floor is down!!!!!!!
Woooo Hoooo!!!!
As you can see by the last shot I'm one very happy camper.
By the end of the week the walls should be up and by next week the cladding added. Fingers crossed that by the end of the next two weeks I'll have a sliding roof in place.
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or to tie up the queen mary to so it don't float away.
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If you look at one of the earlier shots you can see waaaayyyy down the bottom of the hill near the creek, where the frost burn is? Down past that next to the ice floating on the creek 
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