20.03.2026 Downsizing Pt.2. The MkIV is going.

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 Finally a reasonable day to be comfortable working outside. Warm sunshine [46F/8C] and no wind. Though there was a light overnight frost and thick mist. 

I have been using a tall, tripod ladder, chain hoist and slings to lower my old Fullerscopes MkIV telescope mounting down from its massive steel pier.  The pier was so embedded in the undergrowth that I needed the car and a long rope to pull it free! 

 I welded the pier together and placed the restored mounting on top while I was still at work. So at least 18 years ago since my retirement. I must have been much stronger, inventive and determined back then. I stripped and painted the mounting. Fitted stainless steel shafts and silvered the scales. 

 The mounting was used to capture the Mercury Transit with my 7" [180mm] F12 refractor on board. Which lasted so long that it fried a big transistor in the speed control electronics for the synchronous drive motors. 

 Now I am dripping with sweat and a bit tired from the effort required today. I still have to dismantle the mounting and pack it up for postage to its new owner. That should be fun! Everything is rusted. 

 

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