shed work

Charles, Tony, and I headed to the Carr Astronomical Observatory this weekend to do a bit of work. Ralph was to join us but he turned back near Caledon, overcome with sudden flu symptoms.

While the cook was suddenly gone, we prevailed. And we got a lot of work done. In addition to a special project (a shed to protect the generator), we performed a few remaining winterising tasks (e.g. shutting off the water to the garden hose connection). Tony's duct work was brilliant.



We entertained visitors briefly on Saturday afternoon. Two people who missed our Open House asked if they could drop by for a quick tour.

As light fell, and the rain picked up, we concluded the main assembly. There were a handful of things to be completed. We debated doing them after dinner or in the morning...



I played briefly with the orange tube C8 in the GBO in an effort to better understand how adjust the R.A. slow motion control. Chas pointed out that I was tightening up the R.A. clutch too much. Ah! Much better.

I brought all the red LED solar lights indoors for the season. Boxed everything up. But not before removing the AA rechargeable batteries. I'll bring them back with me. I'll charge them up for the winter, charge them again in the spring, and then return them to the CAO when the snow's gone.

We were so glad it didn't snow...

(All photos with Tony's Sony point-n-shoot. Copied to Blake's netbook from Sony Memory Stick card via Charles's USB multi-card reader.)