Looking for used tripod

I have some large binoculars, Orion 10 x 70 MC Enhanced Giant, and they
are just too large to hold steady. I need a tripod I think. I was looking at
a small table top set up but thought I might be able to find a good used one
here. My main problem aside from the steady thing is that I am 6'6" and
tripods will not get the binoculars high enough for me when I am standing. I
had a camera tripod and placed it on the trunk of my car but it was too
wobbly for these 10x 70's. I decided that someone here may have an idea for
me. I plan to go look at Mars next weekend. Is there something more
effective I could build? I am handy with tools and could fabricate most
anything in my shop short of machine work or welding. TIA
Scott

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the ditch long enough to appreciate what was here before the asphalt
came.

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But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
again."

Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

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"Phyloe" wrote in message
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I have some large binoculars, Orion 10 x 70 MC Enhanced Giant, and they
are just too large to hold steady. I need a tripod I think. I was looking at
a small table top set up but thought I might be able to find a good used one
here. My main problem aside from the steady thing is that I am 6'6" and
tripods will not get the binoculars high enough for me when I am standing. I
had a camera tripod and placed it on the trunk of my car but it was too
wobbly for these 10x 70's. I decided that someone here may have an idea for
me. I plan to go look at Mars next weekend. Is there something more
effective I could build? I am handy with tools and could fabricate most
anything in my shop short of machine work or welding. TIA
Scott

--
If the countryside seems boring, stop, get off your bike, and go sit in
the ditch long enough to appreciate what was here before the asphalt
came.

Pick up a copy of Shutterbug and check their listings.


--
"In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening
towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
again."

Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

SIAR
www.starlords.org
Bishop's Car Fund
http://www.bishopcarfund.Netfirms.com/
Freelance Writers Shop
http://www.freelancewrittersshop.netfirms.com
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord

"Phyloe" wrote in message
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I have some large binoculars, Orion 10 x 70 MC Enhanced Giant, and they
are just too large to hold steady. I need a tripod I think. I was looking at
a small table top set up but thought I might be able to find a good used one
here. My main problem aside from the steady thing is that I am 6'6" and
tripods will not get the binoculars high enough for me when I am standing. I
had a camera tripod and placed it on the trunk of my car but it was too
wobbly for these 10x 70's. I decided that someone here may have an idea for
me. I plan to go look at Mars next weekend. Is there something more
effective I could build? I am handy with tools and could fabricate most
anything in my shop short of machine work or welding. TIA
Scott

--
If the countryside seems boring, stop, get off your bike, and go sit in
the ditch long enough to appreciate what was here before the asphalt
came.