1.5 Precision dish install

[hexah]

The dish face is quite flat on this dish, not sure if its because i am used to looking at bigger dishes ? or this dish is made slightly different ? any info on this type of dish st1 please.

They are heavier than modern dishes and the weight and the wide dish mount attachment in the middle of the dish keeps it stable in high winds. That's why I had been using one for around 25 years.

 

[Archived-1]

Hi ive just started work on the PM, the first bit of the jigsaw complete.

 

[Captain Jack]

What happened to the PM you were making for the 1.8m CM?

 

[Archived-1]

What happened to the PM you were making for the 1.8m CM?

Its in the GH waiting to be finished Alex,

 

[Archive-8]

Looking good there

 

[Archived-1]

A little bit more done, ive decided to put it on a 3 inch pole so the pole cap is 3.5.

 

[Archived-1]

Hi a few more bits picked up, its taken me months/over a year to decide on what bearing to use and in the end I've decided on these, bmw ball joints, they should last a life time on a dish but easily to find in later years if not .

ive decided to put it on a 3 inch pole so the pole cap is 3.5.

Change of plan, its now going on square box section that will take a 3.5 inch pole.

 

[Archived-1]

Perfect, I bit of milling and it works a treat , ok on to the next bit .

 

[Archived-1]

Next bit sorted, just having a cuppa and will go and get a bit more done.

 

[Captain Jack]

I don't even have time to put my frikkkking 1224 back together

 

[Archived-1]

I don't even have time to put my frikkkking 1224 back together

I haven't had much time for the last 3 years Alex to play with dishes, but my home is now in better shape and I am rewarding myself with some dish time

 

[scopus]

My 1224 on the Precision 1.2. The plate that came with the dish had a T shape arrangement made me then attached to the plate. works well

 

[Archived-1]

Looking good scopus, do you have elevation control on this ? you have a big bolt missing lol.

 

[scopus]

Looking good scopus, do you have elevation control on this ? you have a big bolt missing lol.

Yup,not long posted on this thread..

elevation control With a diseqc actuator

 

[archive10]

Great thread.. but why is this in the member's lounge section??

 

[Archived-1]

Great thread.. but why is this in the member's lounge section??

Thanks st1, my installs are never quick and talk is usually a mixture of everything, so I put it here.

 

[Archived-1]

a bit more done

Hopefully I will nearly finish this today, a bit more done it fell funny for bolting the ball joints on with what I am using, so with the hose pipe on standby to cool it down I've tack welded them on.

 

[Archived-1]

Hopefully I will nearly finish this today

Still a few bits to do, but its not far off finished, pleased with this design .

 

[archive10]

Fascinating to see this thing grow out of bits and pieces, and not necessarily heavily mod'ed existing mounts.
Good work martin-f!

 

[Archived-1]

Fascinating to see this thing grow out of bits and pieces, and not necessarily heavily mod'ed existing mounts.
Good work martin-f!

Thank you st1.