Batant Construction Guide - The Mast 1 *Click on images to zoom Etape 1 - Key measurements Etape 2 - Key_front Etape 3 - Key back Etape 4 - Principal axe Etape 5 - Base Etape 6 - Mast Etape 7 - Focal point target > Go to Frame To build a Vesta requires powerful tools and heavy materials: Protect your eyes, and hands; use these tools only under the instruction of a qualified individual. The technology represented in this guide is in the public domain. (...)

Batant Construction Guide - The Frame 1 *Click on images to zoom - 8 - Sides - 9 - Focal point target - 10 - Rows - 11 - Handles left - 12 - Handles right (Swivel) - 13 - Cable Hook > Go to Mirrors To build a Vesta requires powerful tools and heavy materials: Protect your eyes, and hands; use these tools only under the instruction of a qualified individual. The technology represented in this guide is in the public domain. However, the images of the Batant (...)

Batant Construction Guide - The Mirrors 1 *Click on images to zoom - 14 - Arm (to attach mirrors to rows) - 15 - Parabolic Calibration Board - 16 - Plaster_Moulds of Parent Parabolas - 17 - Plaster Moulds - 18 - Glue new mirrors for final parabolas Return to Frame Return to Mast Return to introduction To build a Vesta requires powerful tools and heavy materials: Protect your eyes, and hands; use these tools only under the instruction of a qualified individual. The (...)

To construct the Batant v1.1 you will need Materials list Total Angle iron Width 2cm, Thick 2mm : = 209 cm Angle iron Width 3cm, Thick 3mm : = 286 cm Strapping Width 16mm , Thick 4mm: = 709 cm Box tubing Width 2 cm Thick 2mm : = 520 cm Bolt/Nuts Width 8 mm, Length 10 mm : x 12 Bolt/Nuts Width 6 mm, Length 10 mm : x 12 Bolt/Nuts Width 6 mm, Length 24 mm : Cable x 1, Thick 3 mm : 250 cm Mirrors 10x10cm, Thick : 2-3 mm : x 108 Wood 30 x 30 cm : x 3 Screws (...)

The construction was undertaken by: Basile Remaury, Eerik Wissenz, and Mark-Olivier Huet. Drawings by Eerik Wissenz and Eva Cantavenera Photos by Basile Remaury The Batant v1 design by Baptiste Lavigne, Eerik Wissenz, and Nathan Guerin. The Batant which served as the basis of this construction guide was built in October 2008 in the work shop of the Villefavard Farm-Music Studio (France). Special thanks to Gilles Ebersolt, Frank Lugand and the Simonneau (...)