Roll Off Roof Strikes Telescope

The roof is powered as a included feature with a center mounted rack and pinion drive.

Roll off roof strikes telescope.

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. 0 6 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.

I got lucky on mine. The tele station7 roll off roof observatory is designed with larger sizes in mind. Made from structural aluminum our roll off roof observatories have design features not found in any other roll off roof observatory design. Whatever telescope you have and wherever it needs to go we can create the ideal observatory for it.

I build the gables on the ground and then attached them to the secured roll off slider. One possiblity for a lower southern wall would be to incorporate part of the south wall into the roof but then clearance of any telescopes in the enclosure during roll off might be a problem. 0 7 meter telescope system. They are maintenance free and don t require external roof supports yielding a clean and aesthetically pleasing design.

It s a roll off roof shed constructed to house my 12 lx200 and computers. Without measured drawings of your observatory you might run into the problem of not providing the necessary clearance for the roll off roof. This provides some information about my observatory. 1 0 meter telescope system.

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. 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. When the roof opens up the scope can pivot upward and get to most of the sky. Arriving at the point where as an.

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. Intended to be of use to others who attempt to build an observatory of their own. This page explains it s construction and some do s and dont s of observatory construction. Custom designs plans.

The observing area roof rolls off onto support beams that are positioned over a warm room area. Both areas are equivalent in width and length. 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. I followed the plans from skyshed for the the gable and roof construction again using deck screws.