Viewlux 8x56 mount .

[Brian Nordstrom]

Hi all , I thought I would share with you all the mount I made for my 'Viewlux' 8x56 binoculars .

These are a very good pair of binos , sharp and very well made , Japanese quality .

I was in the local ' Cash Converters ' ( 2nd hand shop ) here in Darwin a while ago and grapped a horrible alt/az 'bushnell bushmaster' 60mm refractor for $20 , it was real sad !

I donated the lense , focuser and finder to a friend in Romania ( yea I know Romania is a long way from OZ it only cost me $25 in postage ) and that left me with its light weight tripod and alt/az head , hmmmm , what to do ??? what to do ??

Over a few weeks I designed and made this small adaptor to fit the alt/az head to my binos , it has teflon bearings on formica and with the small counter weight seen in the photos under slung its a joy to use , just pick her up in one hand and its out side doing it , easy to use . I use it a lot in star hopping and it works very well , stays firmly in place as I check the view in my telescope eyepiece , back and forth , great fun I enjoy doing this .

One more thing , I filled the lower tripod legs with stones to lower the center of gravity to the bottom of the set up as even only holding the binos it was top heavy , imagine how bad it was carring a 60mm f/11 frac ??? usuless it was ! .

Any way enjoy the photos , and I apoligise for the quality but they were taken inside using my cell phone camera .

Brian.

[Lorne]

Good idea. Pity it wasn't a goto or tracking mount

[Brian Nordstrom]

Ha ha , yes , but I think that would have pushed the price of the origonal Bushnell Bushmaster up a little , rubbish scope !

Brian.