A new piece of Equipment!!

[SoulFrenzy]

I recently acquired a car bucket seat from a thrift store and with some modification I turned into a Bino chair. What do you think. Offer some criticism or thoughts on how to make it better.

I attached a swivel to the bottom to allow me to swivel around. The binos attach to a tripod head that I took apart. The rope that leads to the top of the tripod head allows the whole assembly to swing up and down. Its a pretty simple design on most of it but it seems to work really well. It's still a little wobbly due to the cheap tripod head and looking straight up is possible but it isn't very easy. I even added a nice cup holder for those cold nights and warm coffee. Anyways tell me what you think!!

[breezy]

mate if it does the job then good on ya, function over form is my motto

[The Sailor]

Nice one

Jim

[yeti monster]

I've been toying with such an idea, just never bothered my butt to do anything about building one. Good show Sir!

[Lorne]

Whats it from? A Vauxhall Astra-nomy, and is it easy to VW Polo align?

*running for the door with coat in hand

[breezy]

watch out lorne, theres some tumble weed after ya

[breezy]

on a serious note , ( yes it does happen) how heavy is the base plate you have attached it to and does it wobble about much when changing position?

[paul schofield]

Excellent and innovative, love it, well done that man. It beats my upturned broom. A cup holder as well, must be the deluxe version. Do you have patents pending ?

[E621Keith]

Nice one. I never thought an old car seat can be used this way.

[VigdisVZ]

The cup-holder just takes the awesome to a new level

I like it!

[foundaplanet]

Nice one, and of course the cup holder can become a can holder in the summer..

I have always thought these to be a wonderful idea, if I ever get a better garden I would love to build one.

[Grotemobile]

Very clever. What you need is a couple of machine guns on

the front. Prepare to repell borders Capitan.

Steve.

[jasonT-5]

That awesome! Looks comfy too!

Might have to have a go at something like this myself, i work in the trade so I've got a few volvo seats laying around to try it with.....safe and comfy!! A 12v supply and bingo...a heated observation chair

Jason

[sologuitarist61]

If it does what you want, then fine. Well done

[sunshine185]

Could you fasten a car door to the side of it? On warm nights you could wind the window down.

[robbie c]

That is just brilliant lov it

[ubertank]

Looks pretty ingenious to me. This way you can always have a beer/glass of wine/coffee in your hands.

[Astro Imp]

Looks brilliant, well done that man.

[bish]

Combined with an big warm cope and flask of tea - looks the ideal way to observe.

[SoulFrenzy]

Im pretty happy with it. The base is pretty heavy it doesn't move around to much. I got lucky enough to get a bucket seat that still had the rails on the bottom where I could slide it back and forth so I slide the rails back to where it pretty much keeps its center of balance. Now I need a clear night to really put it through some tests.

[Austin]

haha! thats mega