Category Archives: Projects

Gorgeous day today, though it started a little chilly despite the sunshine. I mowed around the observatory and did some prep work for laying the foam tiles, and as suggested by other observatory builders used some off-cuts of EPDM to … Continue reading →

Allen bolts for fixing down the pier adapters arrived today, so this evening I got on with fitting those to the tops of the piers and putting the mounts back in place. There’s probably no reason why I couldn’t go … Continue reading →

Nothing too exciting today. I swept the observatory floor, then hoovered, then hoovered again, and then worked barefoot to get about 80% of the scope room floor sealed with a coat of varnish this evening. It actually went very quickly. … Continue reading →

Like yesterday, not a huge amount of progress today — spent much of the day mowing grass and visiting some of my bees at a local farm. I did however manage to get the final piece of cladding onto the … Continue reading →

Didn’t get much done today as I had other things to be doing, but had an hour or so this afternoon that allowed me to get the cladding on three sides of the last pier. I’ll be very pleased if … Continue reading →

Another three day weekend, so soon! Just like buses… As the poet said, “the best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley” and despite good intentions I’ve achieved very little on the observatory this week. Work has been sufficiently … Continue reading →

Though it’s a long way off, two sets of gear racks arrived today courtesy of our builder who had them on his pile of scrap to go to the tip. They’re from a stair lift he removed from a house … Continue reading →

Chopped up the wardrobe this evening and moved the pieces I still want into the observatory for assembly. Amazingly the workshop looks more empty already. I also found a suitable 10mm bolt and tried my HEQ5 on the finished pier … Continue reading →

Circumstances have dictated that I shift some stuff out of the workshop and the house, so my first job today was to cut down the piece of worktop that I’ve been saving for a desk and get that fitted. It’s … Continue reading →

Not so much progress over the last couple of days. The weather has been quite unpleasant and wandering between the observatory and workshop in the tipping rain doesn’t really appeal. However, I have now finished painting the warm room: which … Continue reading →