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Barry

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:02 am

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The light at the end of the tunnel is so much brighter.....nearly
done!!!

Just gotta touch-up the little rough spots all over, that I have
sanded off. (hence the spots).

Here's a pic.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=23327&d=1170941247

Baz

Barry's home-made observatory

http://members.iinet.net.au/~armstead

Davoud

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:33 pm

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Barry wrote:

Quote:

The light at the end of the tunnel is so much brighter.....nearly
done!!!

Just gotta touch-up the little rough spots all over, that I have
sanded off. (hence the spots).

Here's a pic.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=23327&d=1170941
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Baz

Barry's home-made observatory

http://members.iinet.net.au/~armstead

Excellent! Way to go! You will *love* it and be very proud of your work.

Davoud

Upton Farm Observatory (UFO)
<http://www.davidillig.com/observatory15.shtml> N39 04 38 W076 39 39.

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usenet *at* davidillig dawt com

Chris L Peterson

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:38 pm

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On 8 Feb 2007 06:02:14 -0800, "Barry" <barry.armstead@iinet.net.au>
wrote:

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Hope that's not your basement! <g>

You'll love having an observatory. It makes observing so much more
accessibly, without the constant headache of setting up and tearing
down.

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

Barry

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:22 am

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On Feb 9, 5:38 am, Chris L Peterson <c...@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:

Quote:

On 8 Feb 2007 06:02:14 -0800, "Barry" <barry.armst...@iinet.net.au
wrote:

The light at the end of the tunnel is so much brighter.....nearly
done!!!

Just gotta touch-up the little rough spots all over, that I have
sanded off. (hence the spots).

Here's a pic.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=23327&...

Hope that's not your basement! <g

You'll love having an observatory. It makes observing so much more
accessibly, without the constant headache of setting up and tearing
down.

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatoryhttp://www.cloudbait.com

Thanks guys. I should have it up on Sunday with any luck. I will get
to work updating my site with the finished results after that.

Baz.

Barry

Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:06 am

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On Feb 9, 10:22 pm, "Barry" <barry.armst...@iinet.net.au> wrote:

Quote:

On Feb 9, 5:38 am, Chris L Peterson <c...@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:

On 8 Feb 2007 06:02:14 -0800, "Barry" <barry.armst...@iinet.net.au
wrote:

The light at the end of the tunnel is so much brighter.....nearly
done!!!

Just gotta touch-up the little rough spots all over, that I have
sanded off. (hence the spots).

Here's a pic.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=23327&...

Hope that's not your basement! <g

You'll love having an observatory. It makes observing so much more
accessibly, without the constant headache of setting up and tearing
down.

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatoryhttp://www.cloudbait.com

Thanks guys. I should have it up on Sunday with any luck. I will get
to work updating my site with the finished results after that.

Baz.

I have just had the busiest of weekends inside the dome. Constructed
a reinforced pier of thick chipboard and re-enforcing steel frame
inside, Welded it to the bolts hanging out of the cubic metre of
subterranean cement I have there. Then I mixed concrete bucket by
bucket to fill up a 7 foot tall by one foot square pillar from the
top. That had set by this morning so then I painted the entire
contents of the dome and its furnishings, dressed off the hole in the
floor with a spaced skirt around the pier, mounted a top plate to the
pier and installed the wedge. Shoveled the remaining half a cubic
metre of gravel mix off the truck at my neighbors place. Cleaned up
all tools, washed the truck and vaccumed the observatory.

Then settled down to eat a cold dinner and the last two inches of flat
warm beer in the longneck sitting beside my PC from last night.

I'm Knackered. Going back to work tomorrow for a rest.

Baz.

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