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Are yes, i see and understand, nice idea mate!!!....... Regards, Tom.

Moonshane my friend, just wondering, IF, as you state, you will use the top of your tripod head re the mount proper, how will you cope with the screw that goes through the centre of said mount head that fixes the HEQ mount in place?, won't there be a need for some form of space so as to be able to screw the mount up firmly? or am i missing some thing, cheers mate; i just might do the same as you propose as, i won,t be going out and about with my set up but just in the OBS. Best regards, Tom.

Don't you just hate some one as talented as this. . BTW do you use Sherpa to assent from the lower levels of you garden to the house, very well looking garden, i applaud you very much my friend. Very best regards, Tom.

Hi matey, your position re houses and the like very much like my own, i have a wedge shaped rear garden where i hope to build my structure, but, as i have stated on an other thread, i have like you, a lot of work in said garden to get it to a point to even start to think about building the shed etc: i am looking forwards to your project and how it unfolds, also, the size is very much like i have in mind, here's to your May two weeks and a more update my friend. Very best regards and luck, Tom.

Neil, Thanks mate, have set all the needed to get immediate updates so hope this sorts things out, again, many thanks. Best regards, Tom.

Hi to the club, lol, i purchased from Rother Valley Optics last October 2018 the NEQ6Pro synscan which is for my Skywatcher 300PDS; my intentions are to create an observatory outside and then install and connect the mount to a pier as per the most seem to do, it's a long term project and as of to date, it has been just information and vast amounts of planing, also, we are disposing of an old now defunct pond at around 12 x 8, so, this will afford much room when the project gets underway proper, so here's hoping for a summer of good weather!!!!!. All the very best and regards to all, Tom......... PS, I still seem not to be getting instant notification of replies, possible IT problem ???????.

John, thanks mate, just sent you thanks in PM, Regards, Tom.

JKulins, thanks my friend, i would be most happy to receive a copy; can i just point out to all assembled here, i can not get any one due to cost to have any metal tubing welded etc, the only pro to this is that, i would use a metal tube of 8/10" external dimension and, approximately 5/6 ft in length so as to give a very good depth when sinking it into the excavation ready for concreting work, hope this gives a good reason as to why i won't be envisioning welding work in total, all screws and bolts and the like!. Grateful thanks and regards to all, Tom.

Cor Billy, been a bit worrying if the tube you got happened to have a detonator at the end, mmmmmmmmmm, i think these tubes are called TORPEDOES !!!! he he he he!!!!!!!!!!!!..................... Being silly i am, regards matey, Tom........

Hi all, many thanks for the great replies and personel off subject ones ha ha ha !!; i don't know if its me or my age but, i really DO get confused with ebay uk when i am looking for certain items, tube of a plastic, OR, mild steel or Aluminum i put the needed sizes, lengthy and OS diameter and give it a 3mm wall thickness, klick and i then get so many A N OTHERS in the returns, i get so confused and very agitated because they or I just can not decipher which i am looking at/for, most irritating indeed!!!!! ; looked a i chaps build, it was mild steel and 1500mm length and about 200mm round O/S dia with 3mm thick wall, so this is what and where i get stuck, as such, i'll put it down to old age lol lol lol!!!!!. AS always people, best regards and thanks, Tom.

The old college is now a new building called technology drive, many students there in but, in Rugby we have a strange thing of having twice as many shops close to house builds, i have lived in Rugby for 45 years, no time off for good behavior, ha ha ha!!!, still, that goes no ways to sorting out my pier problems. My very best regards to all, Tom. PS. Hillmorton radio masts are now all gone, the Kent is now built on yet another housing project and, they are talking of putting a loop on the as called OLD ROAD rail speak, on the main LMSR route and make a new station for this new housing area Gina, you would be horrified at the changes, so upsetting.....Tom.

Hi Peter, yes it would be nice to move, like over to East Anglia, but at my wife and i , our respective ages and health, the tremoil would be way to much; my scope is as follows, Sky Watcher 300PDS on NEQ6PRO goto syncscan and tripod, but, want it to be a static stay where it is as, i do not have any transport now a days and really want it to stay where it gets put, hence, an observatory and pier, in Rugby we have an Travis Perkins and a Homebase Jewsons and some others as like, but when you ask for a given tube type, length, diameter, you get, "ERrr, sorry mate, not here you won't, mmmmmm, perhaps another outlet" it is really MOST depressing to say the least......... ""company in Rugby made both my steel tube piers from stock lengths of tube"" BTW, it would be a bit of a push money wise i think for me, any rate, i tried to get some assistance from the local society in Rugby, told me they are not allowed to help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, and i won't join a group to part with money till they show their worth, this would of been the correct and timely point to do so on their part , could not get to their venue anyway, to far to travel etc etc etc, but then, that's Rugby for you !!!!!!!!!!! Best regards to all, Tom..

Thanks for the replies up to now, Plastic Express on ebay, had a look at this site but, alas, i am rather baffled as to what or where i am supposed to navigate to in respect of tubes, i would very much like if i went this way to get a tube at around 10" dia by 6ft in length, the 6ft would give me plenty of leaway in cutting, and, also a lot to go in the ground, but with the differing sites advertised on the net re ebay uk, i find it very daunting as to understand their size and lengths etc etc when trying to get the type of tube i really want to get, if you get my drift ok !! ????, sorry if i am not to good at putting over what i am trying to find, thinking a thing and then putting down in typing i find quite a world apart well for me at any rates......... Best regards to all, keep the ideas coming and i hopefully will achieve my pier!!! many thanks to all, Tom......... PS Notify me of replies ticked on but STILL, not working at giving notification, wonder why ???????...............are well.

Hi, Can the forum members who have or, are in actual build in respects of pier's re, permanent locating of scopes, give me any/all idea's of the ways a person could actually start to make a pier as, as i have stated many times, the ready mae piers one can purchase are very definitely way way over priced, true, they are of metal coated construction etc etc etc, myself having little money to spare, will be one of the vast many who go about making their own style of pier; telegraph poles, the discarded GPO style, i have already thrown out as that, the few sites that offer these posts are way to far away from Rugby, my home town and carriage via a courier has shown to be obscenely expensive and thus, not eligible for contemplating. I am hoping for a goodly amount for me to peruse over, as, the start will be a little way off at the moment so, this is where i can do the homework and get it correct so to speak, thus, giving me a good start, many thanks guys; BTW, if any of you have good ebay uk addresses for any of the materials you might suggest, i would be grateful for as, here in Rugby we are alas, sorely lacking in outlets that stock much in the way of practical materials, i know, i spent a weekend checking out the few companies we have and some were true plumbers and builders merchants, Rugby is the pit from beyond..............YUCKKKKKKKKKK. lol lol lol.......... My very best regards to all, Tom.