Custom Wood Tripods?

Have one made by Vixen about 8 years old. Great tripod.
Has tolerated a lot of abuse over the years.
Light weight, sturdy and looks nice too.
What I would like to do is find a GoTo mount
to replace the Vixen mechanical AltAz now mounted
on it as the Wooden tripod is very stable.
I think Vixen still sells these
http://www.vixenamerica.com/Products...sh+Wood+Tripod

mike

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With Al out of business, does anyone know if there is a source for nice
wood tripods?
Thanks!

goodnigh wrote:
Have one made by Vixen about 8 years old. Great tripod.
Has tolerated a lot of abuse over the years.
Light weight, sturdy and looks nice too.
What I would like to do is find a GoTo mount
to replace the Vixen mechanical AltAz now mounted
on it as the Wooden tripod is very stable.
I think Vixen still sells these
http://www.vixenamerica.com/Products...sh+Wood+Tripod

mike

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With Al out of business, does anyone know if there is a source for nice
wood tripods?
Thanks!


Thanks to all for the help, I now have some choices!
Dave

There is an Austrian company, Berlebach, that makes superb wooden
tripods for a limited line of mounts. I had one mated to a Vixen mount
and loath the day I sold it. I don't think they do custom work, but
they might. Here's the link:

http://www.berlebach.de/e_index.php

I don't think they have a U.S. retailer. I had to work a little to
locate a European dealer who would ship to me in Maryland. Sounds
difficult, but it really wasn't.





Michal wrote:
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With Al out of business, does anyone know if there is a source for nice
wood tripods?
Thanks!


Whats the big deal with wood?

On Wed, 31 May 2006 15:23:12 -0500, starburst wrote:

Tuthill isostatic A-frame


Well google search for that doesn't turn up much...

On 2006-06-03, Tom Rauschenbach wrote:
On Wed, 31 May 2006 15:23:12 -0500, starburst wrote:

Tuthill isostatic A-frame


Well google search for that doesn't turn up much...

Roger Tuthill passed away some years ago and no-one else took
up the manufacture of his isostatic mount. When you do a
Google images search on Tuthill Isostatic you will turn up
a couple of small pictures.