Drill Powered Big Bino Chair

That expensive motorized reclining binocular chair being advertised in the
astronomy mags got me thinking and I built my own. It is pretty low cost,
powered by a hand drill and designed to handle my heavy 25X100 Apogee
binoculars. I posted construction details with pics and animations of the
chair in use and setup he

http://ghonis2.ho8.com/garysbinochair1.html

I was planning to build a peltier cooled adult beverage cooler for the
chair, but opted for a commercial unit instead (see page 7).

Gary Honis

"Gary Honis" wrote in message
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That expensive motorized reclining binocular chair being advertised in the
astronomy mags got me thinking and I built my own. It is pretty low cost,
powered by a hand drill and designed to handle my heavy 25X100 Apogee
binoculars. I posted construction details with pics and animations of the
chair in use and setup he

http://ghonis2.ho8.com/garysbinochair1.html

VERY nice! I don't know when I will get a chance to built a similar one for
my 20x100 Apogee, but I'll definitely consider your designs when I do.

I was planning to build a peltier cooled adult beverage cooler for the
chair, but opted for a commercial unit instead (see page 7).

:-)

Gary Honis
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Ioannis

Gary Honis wrote:
That expensive motorized reclining binocular chair being advertised in the
astronomy mags got me thinking and I built my own. It is pretty low cost,
powered by a hand drill and designed to handle my heavy 25X100 Apogee
binoculars. I posted construction details with pics and animations of the
chair in use and setup he

http://ghonis2.ho8.com/garysbinochair1.html

Let's see; I have an old discarded bicycle; an extra battery hand drill;
one of those fancy reclining chairs; some sheets of plywood, 2x4s, and
nuts and bolts; left over conduit; baskets of bungees; and some big binocs.

I'm going to have to think long and hard to come up with reasons why
it's to difficult to build one of these contraptions. Must be something.

Gary Honis wrote:
That expensive motorized reclining binocular chair being advertised in the
astronomy mags got me thinking and I built my own. It is pretty low cost,
powered by a hand drill and designed to handle my heavy 25X100 Apogee
binoculars. I posted construction details with pics and animations of the
chair in use and setup he

http://ghonis2.ho8.com/garysbinochair1.html

I was planning to build a peltier cooled adult beverage cooler for the
chair, but opted for a commercial unit instead (see page 7).


Cool. Just don't tell your dentist about it. He may extend the concept
in unpleasant directions

Phil

http://ghonis2.ho8.com/garysbinochair1.html


Gary, i love the animations! Great looking chair!

-Florian

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:14:13 -0500, Phil Wheeler wrote
(in article ):

Gary Honis wrote:
That expensive motorized reclining binocular chair being advertised in the
astronomy mags got me thinking and I built my own. It is pretty low cost,
powered by a hand drill and designed to handle my heavy 25X100 Apogee
binoculars. I posted construction details with pics and animations of the
chair in use and setup he

http://ghonis2.ho8.com/garysbinochair1.html

I was planning to build a peltier cooled adult beverage cooler for the
chair, but opted for a commercial unit instead (see page 7).


Cool. Just don't tell your dentist about it. He may extend the concept
in unpleasant directions

Phil

I don't know, those dentist chairs are awfully comfortable. It is just the
dentist and his tools that give me the shakes.

--
Harry F. Leopold
The Prints of Darkness
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"I've got a pen and I'm not afraid to use it."-Charles R Ward

lal,

Check to see if you also have an electric ice cream machine laying around.
Adding it to the binochair can provide smoother operation. I upgraded my
binochair using a "Dolly Madison Ice Cream Maker"; construction details
posted he

http://ghonis2.ho8.com/garysbinochair8.html

Gary Honis

"lal_truckee" wrote in message
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Gary Honis wrote:
That expensive motorized reclining binocular chair being advertised in
the astronomy mags got me thinking and I built my own. It is pretty low
cost, powered by a hand drill and designed to handle my heavy 25X100
Apogee binoculars. I posted construction details with pics and animations
of the chair in use and setup he

http://ghonis2.ho8.com/garysbinochair1.html

Let's see; I have an old discarded bicycle; an extra battery hand drill;
one of those fancy reclining chairs; some sheets of plywood, 2x4s, and
nuts and bolts; left over conduit; baskets of bungees; and some big
binocs.

I'm going to have to think long and hard to come up with reasons why it's
to difficult to build one of these contraptions. Must be something.