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I'm sure this has been done before, but I really hadn't seen one
on-line. I offer my own little weekend project: http://john-norris.net/2011/01/20/sh...-mounted-newt/ Too cloudy and need a change in optics before I can truly try it out. Cheers! John |
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On Jan 21, 12:18*am, John Norris wrote:
I'm sure this has been done before, but I really hadn't seen one on-line. I offer my own little weekend project: http://john-norris.net/2011/01/20/sh...-mounted-newt/ Too cloudy and need a change in optics before I can truly try it out. Try replacing the shoulder mount with a long broom handle (or an extendable uni-pod) which can then rest on the ground to steady the telescope. |
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On Jan 20, 9:18 pm, John Norris wrote:
I'm sure this has been done before, but I really hadn't seen one on-line. I offer my own little weekend project: http://john-norris.net/2011/01/20/sh...-mounted-newt/ Too cloudy and need a change in optics before I can truly try it out. Wouldn't work for me, I'm right eyed ;-). Do ya have to be sober to use it? Novel concept, hope ya post your experience with it, probably something with a learning curve. Cheers! John Cheers to you. Ken |
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Dan Birchall wrote: (John Norris) wrote: I'm sure this has been done before, but I really hadn't seen one on-line. I offer my own little weekend project: http://john-norris.net/2011/01/20/sh...-mounted-newt/ Too cloudy and need a change in optics before I can truly try it out. I await the inevitable story about somebody in your town calling the cops about a man with a "bazooka" on his shoulder... -- djb@ | Dan Birchall - Observation System Associate - Subaru Telescope. naoj | Views I express are my own, obviously not those of my employer. .org | I only wear black so much because I can't find anything darker. this has actually happened - scopes confused with cannons... |
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Yup, I'm seriously thinking about this. I could go to the local PD
and ask them what they think, but I might not even make the walk out of the parking lot! Might just use it during local star parties, safety in numbers. On Jan 20, 11:03*pm, Dan Birchall wrote: I await the inevitable story about somebody in your town calling the cops about a man with a "bazooka" on his shoulder... |
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I had been thinking of that, or a chain to step on. Might use that in
the 2.0 version. On Jan 21, 3:46*am, wrote: Try replacing the shoulder mount with a long broom handle (or an extendable uni-pod) which can then rest on the ground to steady the telescope. |
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On Jan 21, 3:46*am, wrote:
Try replacing the shoulder mount with a long broom handle (or an extendable uni-pod) which can then rest on the ground to steady the telescope. Plagiarism? Surely not? :-) When I were a lad, back in the last century, we were so poor we couldn't afford no rifle attachments and certainly no unipods. Not even broom handles. Back then RFTs were cradled in the bare arms of the seated user. None of your comfy chairs back then either! We had to sit on the top of a slag heap with just a scrap of sack cloth to keep us from freezing to the spot as we peered through the smoke belching from the dark, satanic mills! ;-) |
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On Jan 21, 3:46*am, wrote:
Try replacing the shoulder mount with a long broom handle (or an extendable uni-pod) which can then rest on the ground to steady the telescope. An even better idea I've seen is to use a swiffer... http://www.etsy.com/listing/14889725...fer-style-dry- cloths?ref=vt_related_1 .... the 'broom' end is essentially a platform mounted on a universal joint. You can easily hold your binos on this platform and you can then aim the things just about anywhere. \Paul A |
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Chris.B:
When I were a lad, back in the last century, we were so poor we couldn't afford no rifle attachments and certainly no unipods. Not even broom handles. Back then RFTs were cradled in the bare arms of the seated user. None of your comfy chairs back then either! We had to sit on the top of a slag heap with just a scrap of sack cloth to keep us from freezing to the spot as we peered through the smoke belching from the dark, satanic mills! ;-) So--you're from a SW Pennsylvania coal patch, too! Sounds like you grew up in one of the better towns, though. Davoud -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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