Haven’t posted in a while. Between Winter and some construction on the house, we haven’t had a chance to go out with the scope in a while. But that’s inspired me and some friends to build a ‘cheapo’ observatory on their property. We’ll be using a plastic shed (made by www.thinking-outside.com) which has a removable roof. I’ve just ordered a pier (35″ high) from www.durangoskies.com. The owner, Dave, was very helpful in working with me on the pier and fitting it to my Milburn wedge. Hopefully we’ll have it in 2 or 3 weeks. Sam’s Club used to sell the shed but they stopped selling it the day I was about to order it. Thankfully, another friend was willing to sell me his shed since he wants to upgrade his shed. We’ll be pouring a concrete foundation (probably 48″ down) for the pier. I’ll post more updates as the construction plans continue.