Pier 1(a) -

Pier 1(a) - "Epic Fail"

This pier was purchased used from an 'engineer'. Suffice to say, it was not well engineered and when bumped caused significant vibration (in the order of 30 seconds which must be some sort of record!) Not suited to precision astrophotography.

Time to re-think and rebuild. Refer to Pier 1(b) and Pier 2 for details.

Painted too soon... this would all be damaged after gussets weld.jpg	Losmandy G11 mount base.jpg	Losmandy G11 mount base.jpg	Top plate machined.jpg
This was a shocking concete effort and the J-bolts bowed once the wood spacer got wet! Failure.	J-bolts for my original and failed pier attempts	Losmandy G11 mount base.jpg	Mounted and levelled.jpg
Sand base 'seemed' like a good idea at the time.jpg	Finished off with the magic carpet.jpg	CW.jpg	Time to dig!
My suburb's soil has a very high clay content, which made for difficult digging	Me digging the pier hole and approaching China. Body Corporate approval, what?

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