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Feb 2, 2007 3:45 am
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Hi everyone, It is good to see an active group for these types of observatories. Here is my introduction and some of the reasons why I joined the group. My...
Hi John, Welcome, Very nice Observatories, any chance to get som photos of the Flip Top in action? You might want to go to the Bat Wing Observatory and write...
Welcome all new members. Ok you all, We have 65 members now, lets start talking it up. I havent been doing much lately what with cloudy skies and fridged...
Howdy Alan! How'd you break your thumb. Hope it heals speedily! Things are coming a long swimmingly at the rainy Treehouse Observatory. After a couple of...
Hey Carol, I just fell on it. Post some photos of you set whin you can. Alan ... Flip_Top_and_Clamshell_Observatories@yahoogroups.com, "siderea" ... ...
Hi Carol & all, Partly sunny here but I'm still nursing my broken thumb. Alan ... Flip_Top_and_Clamshell_Observatories@yahoogroups.com, "siderea" ... through...
Welcome Darren, And all new members, Well I guess I am going to get out the old Cattle Prod to get you all talking. I didn't make this group just to listen to...
Hi everyone. Well here in mid-Michigan we have 8inches of snow, so this project will wait till spring. I would like to build an elavated observatory. I live on...
... It sounds like you're going to have your observatory floor about 12ft above the ground? If so, I think you'll need quite a large diameter steel pipe, ...
Hi maize, Where do you live?, I live in Three Rivers, Mi which is South Of Kalamazoo, MI Have you checked out the links page? Also Look in back issues of Sky &...
Thanks for your help Rob. You are right about the depth of the base. Our frost line here is 48inches. When I had my well put in, I was told that bed rock is at...
Hi Alan, I'm in Pinconning, about 30 miles north of Bay City. I do know where 3 Rivers is located. Along time ago (20yrs.) some friends of mine worked at the...
Hi Alan, I'm in Pinconning, about 30 miles north of Bay City. I do know where 3 Rivers is located. Along time ago (20yrs.) some friends of mine worked at the...
Hello, my name is Richard and I live in Central Florida. I have a humble flip top that I take some pride in having designed and built myself. I have posted...
Hi Richard- God bless Rubber Maid, the muse of the DIY observatory builder! Your modifications are ingeneous, corner office, space to move around, and simple...
On the snow load, it has faired very well. We have gotten maybe 3/4” of the white stuff in Central Florida in the last 30 years. Heat is the issue I worry...
Hi Richard and welcome to the forum. I took alook at your pic's, and the Blue Moon Observatory is looking good. I gotta say that must have alot of work in it,...
My wife and I ment and heard John Dobson talk in Finvile a few years ago. He is one of the greatest. But with my broken thumb I can't make any long trips for a...
Welcome Richard, Fantastic work, Clever ideas. I am seeing a lot more Rubbermaids bring modified for observatories. Thanks for joining and sharimg with, Good...
Our local club had John Dobson here several years ago. He is a truly amazing person. I even got him to autograph my copy of How to Build a Dobsonian...
Mike: You might try what I did some years ago when I had an observatory in the roof of my garage. What I did was construct the base as an inverted cone about 5...
Thank's Rick. I believe that is a very solid way of construction, and might be less expensive that steel tubing. I never thought of using the rebar in the...
Another option is construct your pier out of cement, or chimney block. Stack your block as high as you need to go. Just fill the void with rebar and concrete...
Hi folks. I have a small 6x6 shed that I would like to convert to an obseravtory this spring. Unfortunatly I dont have much room around the shed for supports...
Gordon, a light aluminum frame and corrugated fiberglass panels should work like a charm. It is the lifting it off and on that I wonder about. It would be...
Hello Gordon & Welcome, I would start by looking in the links page of the group for ideas. My roof is lightweight: http://windyridgeobservatory.blogspot.com I...
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