Home-made Anti vibration pads

Ok commercial ones from celestron or orion can sell for around £50 that's alot of money and from what I have been reading a set of home-made ones will show little if any difference in to commercial ones, so i set out to make some,

My design uses silicone sealant as the vibration damper sandwiched between a layer of aluminium and a layer of neoprene rubber on top, sounds delicious... anyway.

My Design for the anti vibration pads

So far I have cut 6 aluminium disks from an old greenhouse shelf and 3 disks from some 2mm neoprene rubber, with some 'serious glue' I think its called I stuck one rubber disk to one aluminium disk which will form the section above the silicone, below it will be another aluminium disk followed by 3 small rubber feet to further reduce vibrations on concrete

pic of the top and bottom plates

shows the spacers I will use when I add the silicone

UPDATE:.
Today I filled the aluminium and rubber sandwich with silicone and added another disk of rubber on top

Just letting the silicone cure for a good few days and will comment on the results

ok the results are in and they work pretty well although I cant compare to the commercial ones as I don't have a set , but they considerably cut down vibration and shakes from the eyepiece, so its all good just have to wait for some clear skies to really put them through  their paces!

HK