Roll Off Roof Strikes Telescope

1 0 meter telescope system.

Roll off roof strikes telescope. Both areas are equivalent in width and length. This provides some information about my observatory. 0 7 meter telescope system. My original design called for the roof to roll off on angle iron placed in an l position where the wheels are protected on both sides by the angle iron.

With over 35 years of residential and commercial construction experience we ve constructed over 300 roll off roof observatories to date across the entire united states. Our roll off roof astronomical observatories are custom designed and built to suit your individual requirements. I followed the plans from skyshed for the the gable and roof construction again using deck screws. The roof is powered as a included feature with a center mounted rack and pinion drive.

For building the roof frame i used a 2 x 6 for the main cross beam and used a 2 x 4 support to level and hold in place. The tele station7 roll off roof observatory is designed with larger sizes in mind. A friend of mine has a wide and strongly sloped roll off roof which slopes to within a couple of feet of the ground on the south edge and slides sideways towards the west when deployed. I build the gables on the ground and then attached them to the secured roll off slider.

Intended to be of use to others who attempt to build an observatory of their own. 0 5 meter telescope system. The observatory is more or less exactly the right size for the telescope to sit in its horizontal stored position diagonally with the roof closed. When the roof opens up the scope can pivot upward and get to most of the sky.

The observing area roof rolls off onto support beams that are positioned over a warm room area. Arriving at the point where as an. 0 6 meter telescope system. This page explains it s construction and some do s and dont s of observatory construction.

Our observatories have been built to any size that fit our customers needs from a cozy 9 5 x 9 5 all the way up to 24 x 40. Without measured drawings of your observatory you might run into the problem of not providing the necessary clearance for the roll off roof. It s a roll off roof shed constructed to house my 12 lx200 and computers. Whatever telescope you have and wherever it needs to go we can create the ideal observatory for it.

I got lucky on mine. Custom designs plans. Made from structural aluminum our roll off roof observatories have design features not found in any other roll off roof observatory design. 2 0 meter telescope system.