Pier Progress

[Tony G]

Fay,

You must be bringing your car to the same garage as me?   

By the way, if John is looking for any work, I could get him into a groundworks gang, but he would have to be a bit more sloppy with his workmanship, as that is the neatest hole I have ever seen in nearly 30 years on the building sites.

Tony G

[Rocket Pooch]

My pier is on a 1.5 meter square bit of concrete, is that enough?


Also Fay, get some self levelling floor cement to flatten the top works a treat.

[Mac]

We have had a lot of words about size & my requirements, but John was adamant it only needs to be 2' and no more.

DING DONG.

Looks good though.
How did you manage to dig a nice round hole.
Mine ended up square.

Anyway

Just a quick question chris.

is the base of your pier isolated from the floor?
Just curious regarding the vibration from walking on the concrete will cause the pier to vibrate.

[Rocket Pooch]

yup 1" gap all the way around, but to be honest the pier is 75kg and its bolted to the floor, I have kicked it and there is no movement...

[MarkS]

Wow - exciting stuff Fay!

Bet you are looking forward to using it.

Mark

[JohnP]

I would be interested to see a real direct comparison between a tripod image and a pier mounted image.  I suspect us mere mortals will not be able to distinguish

Mick - big advantage of pier is that you can accurately polar align/ drift align it & it will stay there & of course don't need to drag mount in & out every night after imaging..

Fay - Are you planning on leaving your scopes out all the time? Have you thought about covers etc.?

John

[Fay]

John,

I will only leave the mount out. I left scopes out the other night, but in the morning ED80 was really misted over.

I will get a proper cover, they are very expensive, but wonder if any will prevent dew going up the bottom staying on the inside.

[Fay]

Do you think the whole pier should be covered, or only the mount & what is attached?

[Tony G]

Fay,

With the amount of stuff that the foxes chew, nick and urinate on, I would take the pier in every night, not just the mount, and put a cover over the concrete base and cover that with bramble, as that seems the only plant you don't have in your garden, to disguise it from the foxes. 

Tony G

[Fay]

Know what you mean, Tony, he has already peed down the hole!!!!!!!!

[Fay]

Pier has been put temporarily on base & all is level.  Perhaps next week the holes will be drilled for the bolts & the resin put in for the bolts to be screwed in  to.

Just took this picture, base & top level with spirit level

[JohnP]

Fay - that doesn't look level to me.......

[RobertM]

Yes I agree John.  Fay, you'd best check the base and pier with a spirit level.

[Fay]

Just done it again with spirit level, top & base, & all is level, must be the angle I have taken photo

[Ian]

Fay, I think your plants aren't growing straight. I'd check them with a spirit level if I were you...