Archive for December, 2001

Building Your Own Observatory Part 6

A trip to the local hardware shop resulted in some Cuprinol 5 Star Complete Wood Treatment which is used to impregnate the wood and act as a fungus killer. I liberally applied this to one section of an inner wall, as per instructed, painting on four coats. While it was …

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Building Your Own Observatory Part 5

The Observatory Roof

The roof is basically made of two triangular side pieces separated on the “top” side by five 2-inch x3-inch cross-beams. Two other beams, one each between the
other apexes of the triangles, were added to make the structure more rigid.

The wheels running in the rails

Four …

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