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Side panels897 viewsThe above shot shows the wedge sides under construction. To ensure that the side panels were identical during the shaping phase, the 2 pieces of plywood were first screwed together.
I then added the altitude / declination adjustment slot. My main observing location (home in Sydney) is at Latitude 33 Degrees, 45 Minutes South, so to allow for my "infrequent" local travels to dark sky locations outside of the Sydney basin I cut enough play in the slots for 29 - 37 Degrees Latitude.
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Tilt plate845 viewsThe partially completed tilt plate with a couple too many holes drilled (the 2 holes closest to the edges). This is ready for shapping vandamme25
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Wedge Construction839 viewsThis is from another angle and its showing the holes and RA handles ready for drilling to slide in the RA The above shot shows the wedge sides under construction. To ensure that the side panels were identical during the shaping phase.vandamme25
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Wedge Construction632 viewsThis is when i had the both side screwed in andready for the next stepvandamme25
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Wedge Base89 viewsIn order to ensure a rock solid mount, I decided to use a double layer of ply for the wedge base. 2 pieced of ply were glued together with 2 part epoxy.
If you look carefully at the image above, you can see the circle marked on the surface of the wood with cross lines drawn with a protractor to indicate where to drill the Azimuth / RA adjustment holes. A drill press makes this job MUCH easier as you don't need to worry about the holes being perfectly vertical.
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