Building my permanent pier.

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Building my permanent pier.

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I had my son come over yesterday to help me with my permanent pier. The 8” tube is now filled with cement along with rebar installed. Anchor bolts installed with ply mount guide installed and leveled. Hopefully I got the north pretty close.
I will still have adjustment with my pier mount. I am making my pier mount using the brake rotor system so I can make the adjustment slots as big as I want to make.
I’ll let everything set now for 4-5 days then cut the former tube off and see how it looks.
Kerry
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HEQ5Pro mount on the brake roto pier mount. AVX mount will also fit.
HEQ5Pro mount on the brake roto pier mount. AVX mount will also fit.
Brake rotors cost $15 each on Amazon
Brake rotors cost $15 each on Amazon
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Lining up for the 120 degree hole prior to drilling
Lining up for the 120 degree hole prior to drilling
Rebar installed and cement going in
Rebar installed and cement going in
Checking for true north
Checking for true north
Pier mount jig
Pier mount jig
6’ pier, 3’ in ground
6’ pier, 3’ in ground
Pier is 37 1/4 inch above ground level
Pier is 37 1/4 inch above ground level

Scopes; William Optics GT 81mm Triplet, TS Optics APO 102mm f/7refractor, Cestron Nexstar 8SE, Gskyer 80mm x 400mm refractor
Mount; Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
Cameras; ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro, QHY5iii462C, ZWO ASI224MC, Canon 600D DSLR T3i.
Guide scope; ZWO 60280 f/4.6
Guide camera; ASI290mm mini
Filters; Optolong L-eXtreme 2”, Optolong L-Pro 2”, QHYCCD IR/CUT, QHYCCD IR850
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Moderator, can you move this to the mount section. That is where I intended it to go but messed up...
Kerry

Scopes; William Optics GT 81mm Triplet, TS Optics APO 102mm f/7refractor, Cestron Nexstar 8SE, Gskyer 80mm x 400mm refractor
Mount; Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
Cameras; ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro, QHY5iii462C, ZWO ASI224MC, Canon 600D DSLR T3i.
Guide scope; ZWO 60280 f/4.6
Guide camera; ASI290mm mini
Filters; Optolong L-eXtreme 2”, Optolong L-Pro 2”, QHYCCD IR/CUT, QHYCCD IR850
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