Chuck, I'd LOVE to test drive one of your heavy-duty bino mounts! I'll also be happy to provide my honest feedback. I'll probably be impressed with the mount's stability and utility. You're right, I did try using Orion's "heavy duty" parallelogram mount, but they're good for a set of 5-pound 10x80s and no heavier. The 10 lb. 25x100s are just too massive to hold still at the end of that arm. Here's my contact info - let's keep in touch. I'll hang on to the big binocs for now. THANKS! Seth Jarvis Clark Planetarium 110 South 400 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 (801) 456-4921 - desk (801) 456-4928 - fax -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+sjarvis=slco.org@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+sjarvis=slco.org@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:13 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] 25x100mm binos Ah, now we see the advantages of being a craftsman and "bottom-feeder". All of my parallelograms are made from scrap aluminum and/or recycled lumber. The only purchases are the counterweights (D.I. or Walmart), hardware (Lowes), and tripods (either garage-sales or Sky Instruments- $25), and a coat or three of urethane. Less than $50 total, even for the 25x100mm model. Seth, if I get the #2 25x100mm parallelogram done this fall, would you be interested in using it for a while? The price is that you have to tell folks who made it, and I'd need a user's critique so that I can make improvements on future versions. Let me know, as I'm not going to work on it unless it has at least a temporary home. Don't sell that big bino just yet! --- Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:
I've got to decide whether it's worth $600 to get a mount for my $250 binoculars. It may be better to sell them and apply the money to another telescope. Choices, choices, choices.
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Ok, you'll be hearing from me when it's ready. BTW, it was Kurt who surmised that you tried the 100mm bino on the Orion parallelogram, as well as the result. I had no idea that Clark sold them- in fact, (confession time) I've yet to walk through the doors of Clark. The closest I've been was when I ran a charity 5k last May, that started and ended at Gateway. --- Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:
Chuck,
I'd LOVE to test drive one of your heavy-duty bino mounts! I'll also be happy to provide my honest feedback. I'll probably be impressed with the mount's stability and utility.
You're right, I did try using Orion's "heavy duty" parallelogram mount, but they're good for a set of 5-pound 10x80s and no heavier. The 10 lb. 25x100s are just too massive to hold still at the end of that arm.
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