Cheek! That's quick for me! :innocent
It's actually my big brother's scope in his garden. For some reason I decided it was about time to finish it. Nine and something inches Celestron. I just designed / reverse engineered the pier from some photos of a commercial one on the net. I just had the water jetters cut the plates from my DXF AutoCAD files. A few little embellishments like the power socket on the side. Had all the metalwork shot blasted, zinc flame sprayed and 2-pack epoxied. Really needed a big lead cap on the plinth rather than the aluminiumised "roofing felt" but hey ho! There's a 4' deep mass concrete block under it for stability/dampening.
He's well pleased with it, just been down to me to collect a couple of replacement fittings. Up untilnow it's been on a tripod.
I'll post some shots depending on what he takes.
I secretly want one now!
As for the cover he has a special "bag" and silica gel "packs" that go in it. I did suggest moving his shed and having the roof sliding on elevated Helm tracks but it was seemingly too much grief.
