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Originally Posted by East17
Hi from East17...I'm new to the forum and astronomy and am presently waiting on the arrival of my Celestron 25x70 Skymaster bins. I was wondering, has anyone had any success in adapting a parallelogram desk light stand to a tripod as a means of mounting this type of binocular for astronomical viewing. See attached picture of a representative stand.
Many tks...forum is excellent.
Cheers...G.
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Hi Gaz
Looks like a good idea, but I think maybe the binos could be too heavy for the light stand counter balance system.
You may need to consider adding a counter weight somehow.
I have tried several home made versions with limited success, and have another one in progress (yet to be started due to limited spare time
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I am interested to hear how you go with your project. But be careful not to damage your binos.
If all else fails, Andrews have paralellogram mounts I remember. and there are a few other ideas in the DIY section I think.