When you first said you were using a scrapped equatorial mount I didn't
understand. Now I see you've turned it into a sophisticated altazimuth
mount sans telescope. Well done.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/6/2013 8:28 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
> I finally got my second tripod head built to the point where I can
> experiment with it and determine if it's really worthwhile. Biggest
> hurdle was making the part that attaches the salvaged telescope
> equatorial mount to the tripod legs, and a scrap piece of aluminum
> angle extrusion at the local metal supply shop provided a very simple
> solution:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8353757276/
>
> Adjusting the pan and elevation with the verniers makes composition
> easy with no interaction or backlash. Now, taking a macro photo of a
> flower from a distance of eight feet is no longer the frustrating
> ordeal that it had been. And this contraption, named Frankenpod 2,
> weighs about the same as my Velbon PH-250 3-way head.
>
> Comments and suggestions welcome.
>
> Chris
>
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