ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!

[Barry]

One small task at a time. Today my goal today was to build a door frame and door to fit it, out of steel.

Done.

[Barry]

Marking out the flooring for the top floor ready for cutting into a whopping big circle!


Swept and tidied, a bit of an idea of the space that will be available in the office downstairs.


Full story here.

[Barry]

Got a heap more bows on the revolving dome and cross-bars on the slot.

[Airconvent]

Looking Good Barry...it looks ready to be launched soon
Keep it coming!

[Barry]

Looking Good Barry...it looks ready to be launched soon
Keep it coming!

Thanks mate!

Finally got the last of the heavy bows on the roof. I've been at it for roughly two hours every afternoon after work until I run out of light. I've even come home at lunch times to get 30 minutes of labour in at times. Time is so precious.

The next step is to roll-form some lighter intermediate bows. Flat sheet to cover the dome will bend nicely one way, but not two ways, so trying to bend it over the large area between these heavy bows is likely to warp and distort them too much. Putting in some intermediate bows will mean thinner strips of sheet, reducing the need to bend them two ways.

Full-story here http://www.asignobservatoryii.com/obser ... uction.htm

[Barry]

One of the hurdles I've had to overcome is that the old pier is not high enough to mount the telescope on, as the new floor level is now much higher.

To solve this, I have built another wooden box like the one underneath, to be filled with reinforcing mesh along with some conduit to run electrical cabling. It will then be filled with concrete.

Full story here >>> http://www.asignobservatoryii.com/obser ... uction.htm

1. Constructing the form-work for the new pier.


2. Form-work in position on top of old pier.


3. New pier extension topside.


4. While I was at it, I skinned the door with thick steel sheet.

[Barry]

The race was on today as the rolled steel arrived to build the dome's sliding doors and complete the intermediate dome ribs. I say, "race" because tomorrow afternoon I have a professional welder coming over to weld stuff together.

This afternoon I measured, cut and joined all the framing together for the sliding doors. I have used 20mm steel plate to join it all together with screws, that way the welder can just weld all the joints together, then I can remove the ugly plates and screws.

Below: Picture 1 - One side complete. Picture 2 - The two halves will split sideways to open the dome slot.

[Barry]

My welder friend gave his valuable time and skills tonight to weld up the door-frames as planned. They are extremely rigid and strong now. Great job mate.

[Barry]

Putting up all the intermediate dome ribs was so much quicker than the heavy ones. I got a couple done yesterday at lunchtime, a couple more in the afternoon, a couple more today at lunch time and the rest done this evening. I even had time to paint the door with primer.

Below: All bows up, ready to be welded in place and then the temporary joining brackets can be removed and the roofing can go on.

Full story here >>> http://www.asignobservatoryii.com/obser ... uction.htm

[cataclysm]

Looks fabulous already!