Thank you David.
Just need a bit of wiring done and I’ll be ready to fire it up.
Of course I need a clear night which has been rare this year.
I don’t know who is more excited, me or my missus because she gets her car space back in the garage.....
So the dome is off an old 8ft microwave link.
My mate bought an old transmission tower which came with 2 aluminium dishes with the domed covers. He was never gonna use em so he gave them to me.
Essentially I cut the aluminium dish centre out which became the dome ring that the dome rises on.
I mounted castors off communications racks ( 8 ) on the bottom lip of the dish.
I then made a retaining skirt to hold it all in the right spot.
Hatch is made from composite panel and screwed and urethaned into the dome. Then I painted the dome in a thick layer of bitumen paint which made it totally waterproof.
Prob cost around 400/500 in materials.
Spins by hand for now.