Glassthrower
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I've just posted an article inspired by some of the things I have learned here at Cloudy Nights, and a few things discovered on my own through trial and error.
I hope it's useful and informative.
The link is here :
http://www.thought-criminal.com/article.php?story=20050519162730726
Thanks and Clear Skies!
Mike
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
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canopus56
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Very entertaining, Bebs. I've had many of the same experiences.
For your bino-mount, I ended up purchasing the Bogen tripod, but I drew the line at the parallelogram bino mount. I ended up building a parallelogram mount for about $30-$35 (varnish and fittings included) using these plans off the net -
Miseroy's bino mount plans
I substituted an upside down metal flour measuring cup and a 3/8" threaded insert for the base attachment. The mount turns about 40 degrees around the insert threads - enough to be useable. A nice piece of Jurassic era sandstone picked up off the roadside and 50 cent bungee cord serves for the weight. Later, I added an Orion slow-motion adapter ($30).
- Canopus56
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Glassthrower
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Very entertaining, Bebs. I've had many of the same experiences.
For your bino-mount, I ended up purchasing the Bogen tripod, but I drew the line at the parallelogram bino mount. I ended up building a parallelogram mount for about $30-$35 (varnish and fittings included) using these plans off the net -
Miseroy's bino mount plans
I substituted an upside down metal flour measuring cup and a 3/8" threaded insert for the base attachment. The mount turns about 40 degrees around the insert threads - enough to be useable. A nice piece of Jurassic era sandstone picked up off the roadside and 50 cent bungee cord serves for the weight. Later, I added an Orion slow-motion adapter ($30).
- Canopus56
WOW....thanks for the p-gram plans... 
That's exactly the kind of p-gram I have been searching for : simple, cheap, effective, and doesn't look too bad to boot. I will be building this mount soon and I will post the results. Boy, I better get the workshop cleaned up and organized....
MikeG
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
☄ ⒼⒶⓁⒶⒸⓉⒾⒸ ⓈⓉⓄⓃⒺ ☞ www.galactic-stone.com
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canopus56
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Bebs, the part I floundered on was finding a cheap lazy Susan type base so the mount would rotate a full 360 degs. The plans refer to something called a "Keensert" - whatever that is. None of my local machine shops knew what it was.
If you come up with a cheap solution for a rotating base, please let me know. - Canopus56
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Glassthrower
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Bebs, the part I floundered on was finding a cheap lazy Susan type base so the mount would rotate a full 360 degs. The plans refer to something called a "Keensert" - whatever that is. None of my local machine shops knew what it was.
If you come up with a cheap solution for a rotating base, please let me know. - Canopus56
I had never heard of one either. I did some searching on the web and came up with the following info :
http://www.keensert.com/
Apparently they are some sort of "thread repair" kit or insert. I'm not on the finishing stages of MY WORKSHOP! 
Once the workshop is ready, then I can get to work on that bad boy. I need to go back and look at the plans again, cause honestly I forget which part of the plans the "keensert" is integral to. Perhaps it can be skipped altogether.
I'll keep you posted.
MikeG
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
☄ ⒼⒶⓁⒶⒸⓉⒾⒸ ⓈⓉⓄⓃⒺ ☞ www.galactic-stone.com
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