Hi All, Well I've tried and tried to get more people talking here, but I guess you are a lost cause except a very few of you who do talk and share. We have...
OK, I hate to see Alan suffer so I'll try to describe a bit about the slide-down-roof observatory I'm building that's nearing the end of construction. I posted...
Thanks Dave, I do remember your post, Sounds like you did a great job and will be looking foward to see your photos. See you all, I bet that didn't hurt Dave...
Hi Alan, Well, I'm busy working on my friend's observatory in Colorado. It's sort of a clamshell. I only found 2 similar designs on the web last year so I...
Hi teri, That looks great so far. Their is one I put in eaithe the links page or maybe the photo page that is simular in design. I look for it tomarrow and...
That's very similar, although its still not where I got the idea. I think is was from an actually-built one at a site in the links section. I'll have to try to...
Hi Dave, You have soe good inovations and seem to come up with good ideas, Looking foward to seeing the complete Obs. Alan ... section. ... think ... as ... of...
Hi all, I've put a few photo's showing progress on my observatory into my Darkstar2 folder in the group photo's section. Walls should go up soon, roof may have...
Your off to a good start Rob, The roof always takes time to figure out. very good photos. Alan ... Flip_Top_and_Clamshell_Observatories@yahoogroups.com,...
Thanks, Alan. I really do want to get the roof right first time, as that seems to cause the most 'grief' on the sites I've looked at! Cheers, -- Rob ... ...
Hi Rob, That was the case for me. I went through three differant types of roofs, Leaks and so forth. and finaly went bsck to a roll off. Of couse I was on my...
Hello, We're building a new home, with an observatory planned for one of the upper level porches. I wonder if anyone has ever used, or considered using, a...
Hi Neil, welcome to the group. I have considered that mor than once using a garage door. The only problems I could see would be if you lived in snow country It...
Hello Alan, I have looked on the web, but not found anything useful. We have no snow - we're located in northern Israel at an altitude of 400 meters. Rain and...
I got the sheet metal roofing attached today. Good thing - thunderstorm approaching. No more leaky blue tarps! Still need to attach the ridge cap to the west...
Hi neil, Sounds like your idea should work fine. You might even have invented a new type of observatory. Using a garage door you could use the garage door...
I don't have a website yet - this group is it for now. Change of plans on the counterweights... I'm changing to two reversible hand winches. Kind of like yours...
Hi Dave, Using one for your tension is a good idea. I bought one of my winches at a home improvement store for $19.95. I have to closing winch all done ,but is...
Hi All, For those of us who have observatories or in the process of building one, what type of lights are you using or going to use in your Observatory, Such...
Hi all: What works for me is having a regular white light bulb in the observatory. When I go in to the observatory I flip that on, get everything hooked up, ...
Hi Rick, That is a good idea and an inexpensive way to go also. So what are the rest of you using for lights. Alan ... observatory. ... hooked up, ... headlamp...
Hi Alan, I use a homestore worklight with a red lightbulb so I don't kill my night vision. I think it's 15W, so not too bright, yet bright enough for me to...
I use a red led bike battery bike light velcro'd to the ceiling of the shed, and a headlight when needed...Have trouble blocking out neighbor;s lights. than...
Hi Kel, A lot of good ideas so far about Observatory lights. I hope some othes will share their lighting soulations with us. Alan ... enough ... laptop. ... ...
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