Chuck, I'll take one of those thingieograms. How do you want to arrange this transaction? Are you still working in Woods Cross? I will be going into SLC Monday or Tue. Ron. Chuck Hards wrote:
I have 4 parallelogram assemblies for sale.
The assembly consists of the arms, yokes, and my "Lakeside" pivot assembly, allowing over 180-degrees of pan, right at the binocular. No need to walk around the tripod to pan. Can be used in "sidesaddle" (either side) configuration, straight, or anywhere in-between.
They do not come with a tripod, counterweights, or "L" bracket.
These are the wood versions of my aluminum prototype. Rich Tenney and Glen Warchol each have one fully mounted, and hopefully they will have them at Binopalooza next Thursday.
I can coach you through attaching the assembly to a tripod and counterweighting it, or perform the work for you at additional cost. Glen and Rich each provided their own tripods. Tripods used on cheap Chinese alt-az refractors are perfect for this mount. There are a couple of counterweighting options, from dumbell weights, to the hanging water jug advocated by DeLoy Pierce and others.
I am asking $30 each for the parallelogram assembly, already assembled. First come, first served. I do not plan on making any more for several months.
I cannot send images due to the limitations of my AOL browser at home. I sent some to Patrick, hopefully he will get them on his website upon his return.
-Chuck
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