Just in case any one was wondering, I am building a solar panel array that will move in two axises to follow the sun. The pipes I am drilling are for the actual 8' x 8' movable frame the solar panels will mount to. Unfortunately, the cheapie solar panels I bought have little accommodations for mounting and a thin frame border, so I need to clamp them down to the frame... this is why I need the bolt holes to be reasonable straight and lined up.
In the future, I will be likely building my own solar panels from smaller solar cells sandwiched between transparent lexan of some sort... which will be easier to mount and hopefully cheaper per watt... <$2 a watt versus the prebuilt $5 a watt panels.
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