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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1110636" data-attributes="member: 176704">Pics of some of my dishes to show how the feedarms are braced - mainly &quot;flexible&quot; steel construction bars from B&amp;Q, screwed to the dishes edges and clamped to the feedarms with &quot;car exhaust clamps&quot; of various diameters (to suit the dimensions of the feedarms)[ATTACH]135895[/ATTACH][ATTACH]135896[/ATTACH]NB: fit the bracing bars BEFORE you fit any LNB clamps &amp; LNBs to avoid the feedarms being weighed-down and thus not being correctly aligned.Also, the 3 or 4 way LNB brackets which are generally available quite cheaply on ebay - NB: get the 4-way versions, even if you only need 3 LNB clamps, because the plastic clamps sometimes break![ATTACH]135897[/ATTACH][ATTACH]135898[/ATTACH]Then, if I needed to brace the ends of the LNB brackets, I used easily bent perforated steel &quot;exhaust&quot; hanger brackets (ebay, Halfords, etc.) bolted to the ends of the brackets (M6 bolts &amp; nuts) and clamped to the feedarm braces with small &quot;jubillee clips&quot;One of those 3 holder brackets will comfortably support 3 LNBs for 13E, 19E (Centre) and 28E on a Zone 2 dish - ALSO, note how the brackets are tilted to compensate for the fact that 13E is higher in the sky than 19E, and the latter is higher than 28E.PS: the feedarms on most of the dishes ARE thus braced because those dishes are right above some of my veg beds and thus regularly get &quot;disturbed&quot; by me going past/under them - that's also the reason why the dishes are also braced to the fence or trellis behind them!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1110636, member: 176704"] Pics of some of my dishes to show how the feedarms are braced - mainly "flexible" steel construction bars from B&Q, screwed to the dishes edges and clamped to the feedarms with "car exhaust clamps" of various diameters (to suit the dimensions of the feedarms) [ATTACH alt="IMGP4985a.JPG"]135895[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="_IMG0337a.JPG"]135896[/ATTACH] NB: fit the bracing bars BEFORE you fit any LNB clamps & LNBs to avoid the feedarms being weighed-down and thus not being correctly aligned. Also, the 3 or 4 way LNB brackets which are generally available quite cheaply on ebay - NB: get the 4-way versions, even if you only need 3 LNB clamps, because the plastic clamps sometimes break! [ATTACH alt="3x LNB Clamp.JPG"]135897[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="LNB bracket.PNG"]135898[/ATTACH] Then, if I needed to brace the ends of the LNB brackets, I used easily bent perforated steel "exhaust" hanger brackets (ebay, Halfords, etc.) bolted to the ends of the brackets (M6 bolts & nuts) and clamped to the feedarm braces with small "jubillee clips" One of those 3 holder brackets will comfortably support 3 LNBs for 13E, 19E (Centre) and 28E on a Zone 2 dish - ALSO, note how the brackets are tilted to compensate for the fact that 13E is higher in the sky than 19E, and the latter is higher than 28E. PS: the feedarms on most of the dishes ARE thus braced because those dishes are right above some of my veg beds and thus regularly get "disturbed" by me going past/under them - that's also the reason why the dishes are also braced to the fence or trellis behind them! [/QUOTE]

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