another pier

[Erwin Kats]

Hey Chris!

indeed, its very handy to work at a metal factory ( even as electrician , the skills you got from working with welding equipment and other stuff is very usefull )

its very hard to image from under the smoke and flames of this industrial area.

a lot of gradiants are in the field during astrophotography

Erwin

[Erwin Kats]

for the curious people.

comparing photo between g-11 and the ddm before it went on the pier

[Erwin Kats]

my mount will come back next week, to celebrate i did some adjustments to the setup.

1 of the active usb cables.

2 usb cables in a temporary box, and a 12x1,5mm cable for 5x 12 volts and 1x 5 volts DC.

the power supplies.

tomorrow, more.

[Herbig]

Fantastic job mate, been planning something similar. I work in the water industry and was thinking of getting hold of a double flanged pipe ang getting a top plate made to fit my mount.

Pete

[Erwin Kats]

Thanks Pete !

a top plate should not that hard to make

here a update.

cable management.

part 2

e-power switch, soon , or within 1 year i want to start remote imaging.

the e-powerswitch let me turn on and off 230volts through a web interface.

interface

test

Category 6 SFTP cable for ethernet connection to the barn

connected cable on 1 end

thats all till so far

[Erwin Kats]

some more testing

CPU: amd 4x3200

8gb ram running at 1333mhz

60gb OCZ agility 2 SSD hard drive for all software

1tb WD EADS hdd for all the temporary data ( all data will be saved on my home server once a month or so )

this is still testing , soon i hope to build everything as it should be

here controlling through ipad 2.

screen with ASA software for controlling the mount.

maxim DL pro 5, centering star for synchronise with the sky 6

[Cornelius Varley]

The pier looks great, proper engineering. I hope that the steel came from a legitimate source...

TaTa for now

Peter

[nightfisher]

that pier is awesome, i used to work in engineering and had access to metal like that but sadly no more

[Viv]

That's awsome bit of work there !!

Nice one

[Erwin Kats]

Thanks guys !

@Peter, yes everything is legal , the biggest advantage is that i also learn welding on my work, and i could also borrow welding equipment from my work.

its make things a lot easier