[Alasdair]

I know there's a long and honorable history of people knocking up all sorts of astronomical contraptions out of junk - many of which have worked extremely well. My current needs are simple: a device to hold a pair of 10x50 binos steady and which allow them to be moved about. A DIY tripod and mount, so to speak. I've seen lots of whizz bang telescope mounts all over the Internet, but for me it doesn't have to hold a big weight, just to be steady, and movable both in height and in pointing angles.

I could make something tripod-ish out of pvc piping or odd bits of wood, probably, but the mount and bracket... there's a fiddly bit.

Any ideas or examples of similar projects?

Thanks!