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[Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Observatories Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 DARKSOLSTICE2 super member Reged: 12/16/05 Posts: 152 Loc: Murfreesboro,Tn won't have to open that roof by hand anymore !!       #1944017 - 10/28/07 07:20 PM Attachment (48 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well got tired of opening my observatory roof by hand, installed a 1/2 horsepower Chamberlain garage door opener and man !! its nice, wish I had done it sooner. -------------------- 8' LX200 GPS DSI CAMERA "no man is free if he restricts others" Edited by DARKSOLSTICE2 (10/28/07 07:21 PM) Post Extras:       BCB Post Laureate Reged: 11/24/03 Posts: 3830 Loc: Look over your shoulder Re: won't have to open that roof by hand anymore ! [Re: DARKSOLSTICE2]       #1944076 - 10/28/07 07:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   PICS man, we need PICS!!!!! Stuff like this DIY garage door opener addon is neat to see.. SOOO lets see it!! -------------------- Mark Making people sorry they asked since 1967 Astro-Tech 102ED Orion 8" F5 Newt w/Moonlight CR-2 focuser SVP mount w/Meade 497 Autostar GOTO mod Treeline Observatory Post Extras:       DARKSOLSTICE2 super member Reged: 12/16/05 Posts: 152 Loc: Murfreesboro,Tn Re: won't have to open that roof by hand anymore !! [Re: DARKSOLSTICE2]       #1944110 - 10/28/07 07:48 PM Attachment (53 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   roof closed inside, chain and cable attached to eyebolts ran through 2x4 and attached to springs to keep tension -------------------- 8' LX200 GPS DSI CAMERA "no man is free if he restricts others" Edited by DARKSOLSTICE2 (10/28/07 07:57 PM) Post Extras:       DARKSOLSTICE2 super member Reged: 12/16/05 Posts: 152 Loc: Murfreesboro,Tn Re: won't have to open that roof by hand anymore !! [Re: DARKSOLSTICE2]       #1944115 - 10/28/07 07:49 PM Attachment (48 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   roof open inside, you can't see, but too the left is the roof and back on top of the warm room is a pulley bolted to the warm room roof and the cable goes around it, very simple design but it works ! -------------------- 8' LX200 GPS DSI CAMERA "no man is free if he restricts others" Edited by DARKSOLSTICE2 (10/28/07 07:59 PM) Post Extras:       csa/montana Astro Ambassador Reged: 05/14/05 Posts: 28629 Loc: montana Re: won't have to open that roof by hand anymore !! [Re: DARKSOLSTICE2]       #1944118 - 10/28/07 07:52 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congratulations! There's nothing like pushing a button & having the roof open! Carol -------------------- Carol AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!) AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm, Tak LE 5mm B/TMB 3.2 7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW 14mm Meade 4000 UWA 22mm Pan, 35mm Pan DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2 Post Extras:       DARKSOLSTICE2 super member Reged: 12/16/05 Posts: 152 Loc: Murfreesboro,Tn Re: won't have to open that roof by hand anymore !! [Re: DARKSOLSTICE2]       #1944119 - 10/28/07 07:52 PM Attachment (41 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   atother veiw open -------------------- 8' LX200 GPS DSI CAMERA "no man is free if he restricts others" Edited by DARKSOLSTICE2 (10/28/07 07:53 PM) Post Extras:       DARKSOLSTICE2 super member Reged: 12/16/05 Posts: 152 Loc: Murfreesboro,Tn Re: won't have to open that roof by hand anymore !! [Re: DARKSOLSTICE2]       #1944126 - 10/28/07 07:55 PM Attachment (36 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   messy warm room, the little blue box on the desk is the remote and there is a button hardwired in the observatory also. -------------------- 8' LX200 GPS DSI CAMERA "no man is free if he restricts others" Edited by DARKSOLSTICE2 (10/28/07 08:17 PM) Post Extras:       DARKSOLSTICE2 super member Reged: 12/16/05 Posts: 152 Loc: Murfreesboro,Tn Re: won't have to open that roof by hand anymore !! [Re: DARKSOLSTICE2]       #1944165 - 10/28/07 08:13 PM Attachment (37 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   close up up of springs and eyebolts -------------------- 8' LX200 GPS DSI CAMERA "no man is free if he restricts others" Post Extras:       ~Steph~ Texas Wildflower Reged: 06/11/05 Posts: 21658 Loc: North Texas Re: won't have to open that roof by hand anymore !! [Re: DARKSOLSTICE2]       #1944292 - 10/28/07 09:14 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice! It's great having a motorized roof. -------------------- Steph 10" RCX400 ~~ 4" TV102 ~~ WO ZS80FD ~~ PST Serenity Observatory HansenAstro | CN Member Websites Post Extras:       BCB Post Laureate Reged: 11/24/03 Posts: 3830 Loc: Look over your shoulder Re: won't have to open that roof by hand anymore ! [Re: ~Steph~]       #1944636 - 10/28/07 11:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   NEATO!! I noticed you have a couch in there!! That for those times your in the doghouse ?? On that opener.. Is there a "stop" to keep it from going too far either way ?? Great pics.. -------------------- Mark Making people sorry they asked since 1967 Astro-Tech 102ED Orion 8" F5 Newt w/Moonlight CR-2 focuser SVP mount w/Meade 497 Autostar GOTO mod Treeline Observatory Post Extras:       DARKSOLSTICE2 super member Reged: 12/16/05 Posts: 152 Loc: Murfreesboro,Tn Re: won't have to open that roof by hand anymore ! [Re: BCB]       #1945216 - 10/29/07 07:30 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   yes there is a stop and that is the old couch, had to buy her a new one, you know how it is !! -------------------- 8' LX200 GPS DSI CAMERA "no man is free if he restricts others" Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 4 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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