While Juan has made a couple posts about the AzEl Gadget (pointed mount for a test cryostat), I’ve been neglecting Spider and the highbay for a long while now. Then yesterday, when we finally suspended Spider for a functioning pivot, I got a good excuse to stop my neglect.
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- The highbay at the beginning of the operation. With sink
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- The pivot
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- Elevation rocker arm
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- Elevation locker arm, on the other side
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- ACS, computers, and power. Barebones pointing system
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- The well-organized contents of the highbay
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- AzEl Gadget az gears
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- And the AzEl elevation drive, modeled after Spider’s
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- AzEl Gadget
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- Jamil operating the crane
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- Juan moves the pivot from the crane to the flight train hoist
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- Cable attachment adapter. These had a couple slight misfittings
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- Sliding the (old and eventually to-be-replaced) SIP cage and reaction wheel into place
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- Tada! One complete Spider frame
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- I sneak slightly-goofy from across the room: Juan
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- and Jamil
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- Floor supports. Bottom pieces will be installed eventually
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- My favourite joint: the turtle joint
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- And one last picture of the complete frame
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