{"id":482,"date":"2021-01-11T22:21:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T04:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lozwott.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2021-01-11T22:21:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T04:21:26","slug":"continued-progress-on-control-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lozwott.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/11\/continued-progress-on-control-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Continued Progress on Control Room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Been a couple weeks since my last post, but none the less more progress has been made. Spent the last few weekends continuing to install the double-bead wall boards in the control room. This past weekend, I completed all four walls, and the ceiling. I don’t think I it could have come out better. The weekend before I completed the work table frame also. This is a basic structure of 2×4’s to create an “L” shaped table base that I will cover with 1\/2″ oak plywood. Here are some pics of the work table\/desk construction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beginning of work table structure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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South table structure complete with double bead wall board installed about 1\/3 of the way up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Completed table structure with temporary tables to tool clutter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Back to the walls – spent the last couple of weekends insulating and hanging wall board. On Sunday, I completed the final part – the ceiling. Its was an interesting experience cutting the board with a jig saw to fit around the can lights in the ceiling. Basically I cut a 4 1\/2 inch circle template from OSB, that I ended up using a sour cream container to make the 4 1\/2 inch circle. Using this circle and lots of measurements, I was able to successfully re-create the arcs with a jig saw to go around the can lights. I used a piece of scrap to test my cuts first, and then used these templates to cut the actual installed boards. Here are some pics of the progress and finished room:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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North Wall mostly complete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Not bad for an amateur!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Finished Walls and Ceiling in control room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After finishing the walls, I added insulation above the control room, and then started trim work. I was able to get the window on the observatory side trimmed out – have a lot to do on the other windows, and interior door trim work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next weekend will be a major step forward – I received the last of the opener motor hardware for the roof. This will be an electric motor system capable of producing 885 ft-lbs of torque, specifically designed for roll-off-roof observatories from backyardobservatories.com. I plan to start and hopefully complete the install this coming weekend. After that, interior trim, stain\/varnish\/paint, wall flap supports, and completing the IP network wiring termination is all that remains… Stay tuned….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Been a couple weeks since my last post, but none the less more progress has been made. Spent the last few weekends continuing to install the double-bead wall boards in the control room. This past weekend, I completed all four walls, and the ceiling. I don’t think I it could have come out better. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lozwott.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lozwott.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lozwott.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lozwott.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lozwott.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lozwott.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484,"href":"https:\/\/www.lozwott.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions\/484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lozwott.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lozwott.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lozwott.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}