Since the weather has start to be nice I decided it was time to start working on installing the Prodelin 1.2 meter dish I found during the winter. Looking around my scarp pile of old dish parts I came up with the following. Since I had a short section of pipe but it's diameter was to small for the mount to fit tightly so with a little looking I found a motor housing from an old actuator which was a prefect fit so I welded it to the top of the pipe. Then I used a part from a Winegard mount to make a bracket for the bottom.so now I can install my three 20" 5/8th threaded rods into the concrete. Now just need to wait on the weather to stop raining and the ground to dry out so I can dig my hole and mix some concrete and also fill the space between the two pipes and then do a little painting.
Recycling Old Dish Parts for FTA
- Thread starter sergei
- Start date
- Latest activity Latest activity:
- Replies 1
- Views 1K
-
WELCOME TO THE NEW SERVER!
If you are seeing this you are on our new server WELCOME HOME!
While the new server is online Scott is still working on the backend including the cachine. But the site is usable while the work is being completes!
Thank you for your patience and again WELCOME HOME!
CLICK THE X IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE BOX TO DISMISS THIS MESSAGE
- Status
Looks great. Very inventive.
Sounds like an excellent plan.
Don't forget to bend your threaded rods and tie them together and/or to some rebar inside the concrete.
Should be fine for a 1.2m dish.
Sounds like an excellent plan.
Don't forget to bend your threaded rods and tie them together and/or to some rebar inside the concrete.
Should be fine for a 1.2m dish.
- Status
