Steve's homemade tripod.

[nodsasgoodasawink]

Thanks for the welcome to the site. A couple of Guys have asked if I could post a photo of my home made tripod. Originally I had a builders tripod which was cheap and blumming terrible when trying to support a 80mm f15 scope that weighs 12 lbs. I had a plank of beech rough sawn all over and cost about £12. I marked out 3 x isosceles triangles approx. 4" tapering to 1.25" and planed, filed and sanded to a nice finish, I stuck the three legs into the aluminium top of the builder's tripod (this required a bit of careful filing and shaping). I bought a metre of chain and cut it into three equal lengths joined in the centre with a heavy duty key ring and this made the stop for the legs eg stopped the legs stretching out too wide. And finally made a triangular table that further supported the tripod. Without doubt it is as solid as a rock and I am sure I could fancy it up a bit but it does the job all be it that the legs are not adjustable.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice work. Looks great.

[Astro Imp]

That looks great, well done.

[John]

That looks smashing - good job 

Can I ask how your Skytee mount bolts to the tripod head ?.

Thanks.

[nodsasgoodasawink]

 How to mount a Sky Tee to a tripod.

 

A picture is worth a thousand words. 

Steve

[John]

Excellent Steve - thanks 

[Pig]

great job, it looks very professional