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Littlegreenman
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 05/09/05
Posts: 922
Loc: Southern California
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I saw this on ebay, and now it's also listed here on the Cloudynights classifieds.
Click on this
It looks interesting, retro-classy, even fun. I wonder if anyone here has used one?
Littlegreenman
Edited by Littlegreenman (04/30/08 11:05 PM)
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mike1946
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Reged: 05/16/07
Posts: 10
Loc: California
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I bought one of these from Orion back in the 1990's. They were made by hand by a gentleman in the San Francisco Bay area. New price was around $600. They, as the picture shows, are big and heavy. It works very well. There is a movable wood weight to counter-balance any binocular that will fit. I, use/ed Fujinon 7x50's and 10x50's. I am 6'4" and the mount is high enough for me to stand and look vertically through my binoculars. The mount uses a screw to hold the binoculars. The entire unit consists of 2 pieces of wood(tri-pod base and parallelogram top-each about 5'+ long--portable, but heavy. It is best binocular mount I have seen, but heavy and expensive.
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refractory
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Reged: 02/05/05
Posts: 1000
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What is the max weight that something like this will hold firmly? Any ideas? I'm thinking of building a more robust one if need be.
Jess Tauber
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mike1946
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Reged: 05/16/07
Posts: 10
Loc: California
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I don't know the max weight, but the unit is very heavy--50 pounds or more. 15x70 binos and there abouts would be no problem--as long as a 1/4" screw would fit the binocular. Larger ones might fit with a modification.
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