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Well here is my £9.99 version, two brightnesses, and red slide over filter, so very easy to do in the dark

Of course..here you go, I had the deluxe fabric https://bags4everything.co.uk

Just had this made for £50.. 550mm diameter, by 1550mm height Waterproof, breathable, and had two vents put in, with fine mesh to stop bugs...

Just had this made.. £50 with delivery... Waterproof, breathable and had two vents put in for extra airflow...

Hmmm, by Kstars is playing up now, I get an error about ASTAP having wrong location set, and when I try and go to align tab to sort, it’s shuts the whole Kstars programme down, it worked a few days ago....??!

Ok accessory tray and EQ8 fitted and also the new bespoke waterproof, breathable cover with extra vents on opposite sides which have very fine mesh to stop any unwanted visitors, although if they really wanted to take up residence I’m sure they would get it ☹️

Hi all, I have an olde 5kg EQ6 counterweight, I want to use on another mount and the bore is too small, it needs to be 32mm, what is the best, cheapest or easiest way to drill it out, I have a good quality pillar drill... thanks for looking.. 😀

I have just had one made to measure, 550mm diameter x 1550mm height, waterproof and breathable with drawstring bottom, and 300mm from the top two vents, with bug proof mesh and watertight flap, made by this company in grey for £50 delivered....it will be arriving tomorrow, so pictures to follow... https://bags4everything.co.uk

sounds good... 😀👍 It certainly can’t hurt at all, but not really needed....as not taking any force at all, we just had the drive done in that coloured printed concrete, and that has the fibres in to give added strength, as there will be three cars being driven on an off...

I couldn’t do it the same as you or I would have, as I had a mounting kit with my pier, which had 16mm studs, and epoxy resin... although I guess I could have bought some 16mm threaded bar, but not sure how I would have bent that... 😥😥 I used a 5-1 mix with ballast and cement... which gives a good strong mix, and used a plasterers electric mixing paddle and big plastic bucket, it took 22 bucket loads

Ah, ok you have done it that way...cool.., well a week should be more than enough so the bent bars won’t move, I needed a lot more...

Hello, I covered the concrete with a cover for 2.5 weeks, so it was hard enough to to drill without cracking, which I was concerned about, as my holes were just 100mm from the edges, it does take a few months to harden fully. I had to drill 18mm holes, (for 16mm studs) so drilled with an 8mm first, then went to 18mm, then had to get all the dust out before I could use special epoxy resin, to sink the studs into... I had to use an heavy duty SDS drill... The cover is being made to measure, UV protected, breathable and waterproof with air vents too, fitted 30cm from the top, and cost £50 with delivery, so much cheaper than dedicated astro covers...from this company https://bags4everything.co.uk

Yes, the Mount will stay on the pier...under a bespoke made to measure waterproof breathable cover, with special vents also 30cm from the top, which will be sealed from bug and water ingress, and pull cord around the bottom... The cover in the picture is an older one just for the pier... I then have a dual mount bar, which has everything fitted to it, 80mm scope with camera on one side, and guide scope, mini PC and Pegasus UPB, on the other, so just one power cable to connect to UPB and one from UPB to mount, and ready to go...it can all then be lifted off in one go, then and stored. So minimal set up time.. Hopefully.. 🤞🤞

Thanks very much...yes apart from the weeks and weeks of rain, it’s been fun, just waiting for my bespoke cover to come now, so can put the EQ8 on and cover the lot up, got a waterproof breathable cover, with waterproof and bug prof vents near the top, on its way...then my dual rig can just be lifted on and off in one go..until I decide to build a ROR obsy around it all.. 😮😗

Ok, so it’s been a while but pier finally bolted down, and 5” pier extension with owls nest fitted....like rocking horse £&(* to find, but got one in the end...and EQ8 Adapter plate with nylon inset to allow very smooth, azimuth adjustment...

Another question a bit off piste....I see polemaster software is available for Ubuntu, but will not work on raspbian AFAIK, any ideas if there is a way or another version...

Yep all good here too... 😀👍

Bit of a change of direction, but does anyone know if there is a file in ekos I can swap to a new set up to give me all my previous profiles and scope info I had already got programmed in...? To put on new system...it’s annoying having to start all again when you re flash a new card...

It was a bug, Radek just informed me... 😀

Yes, point taken, but I would think Radek would want it to work correctly ... 😀

Yes got all that now, it’s just the other issue I am getting now...with incorrect longitude displaying in panel... 😀👍

Yes correct there, but incorrect in GPS panel.....not sure why, latitude is spot on, but longitude not showing correctly instead of showing -1.xxxxxx it shows 0.01xxxxxx

I thinks it’s to do with a minus number....as my latitude is correct...

Yes here too...and it should be -1.xxxxxx

I have entered my details in the location file, but not displaying them correctly in the GPS panel...it’s around 100 miles out, and as I have a -1.xxxxx location what is the proper way of putting that in, it’s come up as 0:01:00.0000 in the panel...