[sac-forum] Re: On Binoculars and Mounts

Paul, at The Antennas Saturday night, several of us were chatting as the sky
was darkening and thought it would be a good project to do this
spring-settle on a standard plan and materials, then those who wanted to
could get together and make their mounts.  Would this be ok?

 

Dick H

 

 

From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Paul Lind
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 9:51 AM
To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sac-forum] Re: On Binoculars and Mounts

 

Darrell,

 

We never got around to discussing the binocular mount because everyone was
deeply involved in their own project at the time.  As a starting point we
looked at Beevo's mount, which he has since sold on EBay.  There are no
mechanical drawings for it, but he posted some good pictures on EBay.  I
don't remember the listing number but it's still there.  I have a couple
these pix and will send them to you this afternoon.  Gotta go now.

 

Paul Lind

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From: Spencer, Darrell <mailto:DSpencer@xxxxxxx>  

To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:05 AM

Subject: [sac-forum] On Binoculars and Mounts

 

Sure is great to hear the reports from the Antenna site.  Sorry I missed it.

 

Well, I've lately acquired a couple more binoculars and find myself badly in
need of a better mount.  The tripod will be easy, but I'm wondering whether
to go parallelogram or straight up.

 

Anyway, wasn't the group meeting at Paul Lind's house fabricating such a
device (or am I mistaken)?  If so, are you guys working from a set of plans
that has been published or is available electronically?   I'd be very
interested in seeing what's involved.

 

By the way, I can see what all the fuss is about when going to 15x70s.  Easy
to go from living room to observing and with great backyard views!

 

Thanks!


Darrell Spencer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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