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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 878928" data-attributes="member: 243342">Progress! Got my metal bits back, all cut to size and galvanised. Shame the galvanisation process made the drilled holes smaller and M8 bolts wouldn't fit. I had to drill through them again, so will have to rust proof those holes again. Also, marked some holes in the wrong place and had to drill new ones... oh well. RimaNTSS, you'll be happy to know that all nuts and bolts are stainless steel/INOX <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />Anyway, here's the result with the bits attached to the dish bracket, which attaches to the dish. The spherical joints at the bottom are for declination adjustment and the bar at the top will have an actuator jack doing the actual movement.Really hope the spherical joints will hold the dish steady and not let it move side-to-side/skew-wise.Thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 878928, member: 243342"] Progress! Got my metal bits back, all cut to size and galvanised. Shame the galvanisation process made the drilled holes smaller and M8 bolts wouldn't fit. I had to drill through them again, so will have to rust proof those holes again. Also, marked some holes in the wrong place and had to drill new ones... oh well. RimaNTSS, you'll be happy to know that all nuts and bolts are stainless steel/INOX :) Anyway, here's the result with the bits attached to the dish bracket, which attaches to the dish. The spherical joints at the bottom are for declination adjustment and the bar at the top will have an actuator jack doing the actual movement. Really hope the spherical joints will hold the dish steady and not let it move side-to-side/skew-wise. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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