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Old 04-28-2007, 02:16 PM
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Home Made

Bill...

The only thing that is home made are the 2 pieces that we cut, drilled and bolted to the ring... Remember, this dish was never really designed to move, and is sold as a stationary dish.... So what we did was take some of the square tubing that was meant for the legs and drilled them and bolted them to the ring, which allowed them to be bolted them on for the motor...

Here is pics of it assembled as it was designed. The "legs" are what I stole and cut for the 2 vertical mounting pieces:

http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Products/F...s/IMG_1973.JPG

http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Products/F...s/IMG_1974.JPG

The adjustment was factory for the motor... I just hooked it up to how I thought it should look Must be close.. I attached my magnetic angle finder to one of the "homemade" pieces to get the right angle....

What do ya think?? It's not a bad dish at all... It is admittedly, a little flimsy especially the outer edge.. But I think it is strong enough to hold up (once all is assembled it gets some structural strength) even in a moderate to hard wind... And you absolutely can not beat the price!!!
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