Pier.

[Mac]

Update.

Dont use wickes calculator to work out the number of bags needed for filling a hole!!

Managed to align the base last night, woke at 3am to find clear skies, hurah.
Dont know what the neighbours made of me prancing around in a dressing gown though.

Concrete base is now poured. roll on next week.
The weather forcast for next week will be clear skies untill i get out there and start setting it up.

ps
If anyone wants 13 bags of ballast and 2 unopened bags of cement let me know, free to a good home.

Mac.

[Fay]

Mac, you are funny. That first set of hole pictures brought everyone out in a sweat!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mike]

What does the ballast look like? Could it be used to cover flowerbeds?

[Mac]

Its just wickes, sand and gravel mix.

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Aggregate-Sand+Ballast/Ballast/invt/220111&temp=largeimage

you could cover a flower bed with it, but all you would be left with is stones, after the sand has washed away.

[JohnP]

Mac - If Mike doesn't want it I'll take it off your hands - I'll be doing my pier hole soon...

John:-)

[Mac]

You more then welcome,

In the end i used 4 bags of cement and 24 bags of ballast.

That was for a 3 * 3 * 2 hole.

[Rocket Pooch]

If Mike doesn't want it I'll take it off your hands - I'll be doing my pier hole soon...

What on earth is that all about!!!!   "I'll be doing my pier hole soon" blimey I didn't know you we're like that!!!

[JohnP]

Chris,

You just made me fall off the chair laughing....

Good start to a rainy wet miserable Monday.....

[Mac]

Update.

As you can probably guess, i've finished the pier and it started raining almost instantly,
Sorry.

First Bit


Top plate


Leveling


Hows that for level.


Finished


Well nearly, just got to clean the pier and repaint in hammerite


First light comming soon.

[JohnP]

Hey - that looks pretty damned good Mac - I'm impressed.. Does it feel solid..? I'll be interested in how long vibrations take to die out when you whack the side of the tube (when it's all set up).

Great Job,  John

[Mac]

It feels pretty solid and as for the vibrations,

i'll do a tap test when the scope is mounted.

probably some time at the weekend.

[Mac]

Fay and tony, where did you get your remote cables for the canons?
Or did you make them yourselves.

cheers

Mac,.

[Fay]

Mac, I bought mine from Amazon, I think.

[Tony G]

Mac,
I got a spare one in the car which I think I was going to give to someone, but they already had one, so see me next week at the meeting and its yours at no cost, but could you dig an extension onto the Northern line to my garden, so it will make it easier to get to Colindale


Tony G

[Mac]

ok, cheers.

Do you want your stop to be a terminus, interchange or just a station

Just so i know how many paddys i need to dig the hole, to be sure.



no quite the irish,

Mac.