DIY telescope pier on A.S.I.G.N.

[A.S.I.G.N_Baz]

G'day all,

I am just about finished building a new pier for my good friend Ron.
All the details are on the A.S.I.G.N DIY page. Check it out.

http://www.aussiepeople.com.au/asignobservatory/DIY.aspx

Cheers,

Baz.

[Radar]

Nice work Baz. Look good.

[phoenix]

Great site baz, Very informative. Have added it to my favs.:eartoear:
Your very skilled, I wouldnt mind you for a neighbour.:Chessy_Smile:





Cheers Jason :pipethinker:

[orion]

Baz, are the steel plates 10mm and how did you cut them ....oxy?

[A.S.I.G.N_Baz]

Baz, are the steel plates 10mm and how did you cut them ....oxy?

Yes and yes Ed. :eartoear:

Baz.

[AstroTasmania]

Hi Baz,

Great effort, Baz, The shear ingenuity of ATM's, never fails to amaze me. If the country was run by ATM's, I think we would be Number one country and very popuilar. Read into that what you want.

I have just spent the best part of a week making a fully adjustable diagonal holder for the Uni 16" telescope, 4" MA elliptical to replace the circular 51/4" flat that hs been there since it was built, 1960 ish. One looks at the finished item and thinks, where did all that time & effort go?

Clear skies...

[orion]

I have just spent the best part of a week making a fully adjustable diagonal holder for the Uni 16" telescope, 4" MA elliptical to replace the circular 51/4" flat that hs been there since it was built, 1960 ish. One looks at the finished item and thinks, where did all that time & effort go?

Clear skies...

Could you post some pics Shevill of the scope and the work you did to it on another thread?:thumbsupmate:

[AstroTasmania]

Hi Ed,

Sorry that I missed your question, thanks to hawk-eye Ray, he alerted me to your request. (thanks Ray) - I started taking some shots this am of the various parts and will post some images soon when I have the next stage done, so that you can see how it all works. A bit more to it than I thought, always is when modifying a piece of gear!

I needed to make it adjustable in all directions and still be rock solid, which it is and suits the rest of the construction. This is a telescope you would like to have, the kids could use it as a climbing structure during the day! amazingly for all its size & weight, (needs a crane to lift the fork), its dome is 0.5 smaller than my 12" scope dome-(4m), which one day will house myfork mounted 16".

Here is a link to the 16" scope in question:

http://picasaweb.google.com/AstroTasmania/PlutoOccultationMtCanopus12June2006

Pics coming soon.

Clear skies...

Will be off-line for a few days while I put all my spare time into theis ready for the Pluto Occultation on 31st this month.