Landscaping complete
Despite temperatures over 30C and high humidexes driving temps towards 40C I managed (with many breaks to cool down!) to get a yard of topsoil and half a pallet (30…
9″ F/5 Splitring Telescope Project
A small project I will probably have to get back to (after 20 years!) is a 9″ F/5 splitting telescope project. This project is a bit of a prototype for…
Micro-observatory Build Step 1
Soil and sod are ordered for my next day off so the landscaping will get done that day. Next, I need to build the frame of the observatory and mount…
… and gone
The demolition of the old observatory is complete! I need to do some landscaping and excavate two of the cottage blocks that the weight of the building has pushed 6″…
… And Continues
With the roof and walls removed, now comes the hard part – prying up the plywood floor. A subfloor was added to seal off the original pad opening so that…
Demolition Continues
After a few days of heavy rain the skies are clearing up and I can get back to demolition of my observatory to make way for a new micro-version. I…
Demolition begins…
To make way and provide materials for my new micro-observatory, the old unstable macro-observatory has to go. Demolition began this weekend… As can be seen below, the chipboard has gotten…
Drumming it up
After some discussions on Cloudynights.com ATM forum I decided that trying to bend my own plywood would involve a lot of trial and error so I just went ahead and…
Micro-Observatory Latest
Well, I rolled the roof off of my shed last night and noticed that over the winter some of the columns have shifted in the runoff so the 600 lb…