Gina's Mini Widefield Imaging Observatory

[Gina]

A small tilt would be sufficient but I guess I wasn't thinking too clearly last night   There is a much more obvious answer to the problem - raise the roof a little   A bit of extra clearance is no bad thing.

I expected to use the 3D printer for things like brackets for astro stuff and special boxes with ready made holes and lugs in the right places but I think the usefullness and versatility has exceeded even my expectations   In conjunction with SketchUp I have an ideal prototyping and production tool.  Not really that expensive compared with telescopes, cameras and mounts

[tekkydave]

Im really tempted to get one but I have too many other things to work on. I dont think my other half would be impressed.

[Gina]

Remind her of all the things you could make for the house   You can also make costume jewellery

[Gina]

Here's yet another redesign.  The rain's stopped and the sun's come out so I'm off outdoors to check things...

[Gina]

I've been out, unwrapped the mount and checked the spacing and there is room for the rail between the dome and the cross piece so I can move it down a bit.  So more redesigning coming up   Of course, I expect this.

[Gina]

[Gina]

New design for south side wheel carriers.  This is again a crude sketch - the final design will be more curvy

[Gina]

Clearly a print like the above would have used lots of filament so I've strived to reduce the volume while retaining strength.  So here's a peculiarly shaped wheel carrier

[Gina]

Printed this out - took about 40g filament (40p worth) and just over an hour and a half.  It is extremely strong and would probably easily carry a full sized obsy roof   Photo tomorrow   Think I'll design lighter ones for the other three.

[Singlin]

Gina most of us here are or think that we are reasonable at diy as it's part and parcel of our passion.

Your projects and design combined with the variety of your skills and equipment are almost unimaginable to me at times and I can't help but chuckle in amazement sometimes.

I shall not say "keep up the good work" as nobody is going to stop you anyway.

Brilliant!!

[Gina]

Gina most of us here are or think that we are reasonable at diy as it's part and parcel of our passion.

Your projects and design combined with the variety of your skills and equipment are almost unimaginable to me at times and I can't help but chuckle in amazement sometimes.

I shall not say "keep up the good work" as nobody is going to stop you anyway.

Brilliant!!

Thank you very much

[Gina]

Here's a couple of photos of the 45 degree roof wheel monuting, as promised.

[Gina]

I've decided to take the easy route and print the fittings for the running rails - they will be screwed onto the tops of the corner posts.

[Gina]

I have cut down the south corner posts and mounted the rail support pieces.  On checking with a roof panel and batten, the rail height seems to be about right

Here's a couple of photos.  I haven't taken one showing the way the roof parts fit as I haven't got enough hands to hold everything

[Stu]

Great progress Gina :-)

Sunshine too!!!

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[Gina]

Thank you Stu   Sunny but not very warm   Nice though

[Skywatcher 200]

Luv following your posts Gina   your ingenuity and abilitys are inspiring, 

and i look forward to seeing some of the resulting pic's

[Gina]

Thank you

[Gina]

Latest design for the 45 degree wheel mountings.  The previous one wasn't strong enough so I haven't shown it

[Gina]

Photos.

[Singlin]

Gina your widefield setup is infectious.

I have dug a hole for my concrete pier wher i will use 2disk brakes as a pier head to place my eq6 for widefiel imaging using my ed80 and canon 600

Picture of our firs sprinkle of snow.

[Chris]

Singlin - Where you live looks absolutely amazing !

[Gina]

Sure does!

[Singlin]

That's why I bust a gut to live here.

Thanks

[Gina]

Don't blame you