Wooden Tripod Plans and Advice

[Fozzie]

Second coat of teak oil sorted.. waiting on the foot section to be routed and where good to go.. even the rubber feet and spikes are great.. just saying!

 

[Fozzie]

Assembling stage now for the leg sections..

Cut the 1200mm legs down to 1000mm, Rounded the tops, drilled and fixed the leg sections, sanded off any sharpness to the edges.. needs touching up with teak oil to the new exposed wood.

Foot section is off being routed and a few final fix items in the post..

So far its cost me around £75.. a bottle of red and two home made plum and red grape crumble , with the fruit from the garden..

Pictures... eeeeeeek!

Looking good so far, very pleased..

Ta

Fozzie

[Stu]

Looks excellent! Should be great when it is finished  

[Fozzie]

7 hours ago, Stu said:

Looks excellent! Should be great when it is finished  

Thanks Stu.. just teak oiled the cut faces and sanded edges..

Come out very well, its starting to look like furniture!

Ta

Fozzie 

[nightfisher]

Really coming on well now Steve, when do you think it will be finished

[Chris]

Great project, Steve, and it's looking really fab so far. That f/11 of yours will really look the part with this tripod once done  

[Fozzie]

2 hours ago, nightfisher said:

Really coming on well now Steve, when do you think it will be finished

Im waiting on few bits through the post, for the spreader chain, and m10 threaded inserts to hold the spiked feet.. the big slow point is the routing of the foot section, its just a slow process and a favour so i cant rush the lad doing it.. the issue is finding a bit that will cut to the 36mn depth and 7-8mm.. most are around 12mm and designed for ply/chip board so the hard wood would chew them up for breakfast..

Hopefully be done for the bank holiday weekend!

Need to fashion a speader bar from the 200mm off cuts also!

Ta

Fozzie

[Fozzie]

Look at whats just turned up.. might be finally able to get theis diy job completed.. its only been 3 months.. 

This east a pesky job to get these routed all the way through..

Ta

fozzie 

[Alan White]

Look forward to the end result.

 

[Fozzie]

Me too... its this close... sneaky peak.. just the foot section required!

Need to sort a spreader and tray next...

Eeeeeeaaaaaaaaaak.

 

[Fozzie]

Another couple of coats of teak oil to the leg sections and into the routed slots.. darkened up nicely to match the mount leg sections..

The slot takes a m8 bolt, i use two to fix the leg sections and foot sections together.. need to do a final bit of chamfering to round of some edges, fit the rubber feet and metal spreader plates.. 

Ive also been offered a spreader bar and eyepiece tray very generously from Dave @F15Rules if i dont get chance this weekend, should be by next weekend..

Loving the grain runing through the feet sections..

Although these photos doesnt do it justice..

These do though..

Thanks 

fozzie 

[Alan White]

fozzie, that is now looking really nice - It's feeding my desire for a wooden tripod more than ever.
Sadly woodwork from myself is wood butchery, so I have not the skills to make such a fine thing.

 

[F15Rules]

28 minutes ago, Alan White said:

fozzie, that is now looking really nice - It's feeding my desire for a wooden tripod more than ever.
Sadly woodwork from myself is wood butchery, so I have not the skills to make such a fine thing.

 

Me too, Alan!?

Dave

[Alan White]

31 minutes ago, F15Rules said:

Me too, Alan!?

Dave

But I thought you had a nice wooden tripod....... or are we both wood butchers 

[spaceboy]

Great job Fozzie. Finishing post in sight and can't wait to see the end result.

[F15Rules]

4 hours ago, Alan White said:

But I thought you had a nice wooden tripod....... or are we both wood butchers 

Yes, I do, but I didn't make it, someone else on SGL did, and I've now had it about 5 or 6 years..it's got a Berlebach accessory tray that I found on Astroboot for a tenner!?

Dave

[Fozzie]

And if there was any questioning why i wanted a wooden tripod with a beautiful  Japanese mount just look above..  

11 hours ago, Alan White said:

fozzie, that is now looking really nice - It's feeding my desire for a wooden tripod more than ever.
Sadly woodwork from myself is wood butchery, so I have not the skills to make such a fine thing.

 

Thanks Alan, ive not done woodwork since I was at school really.. I've had help but more specifically the loan of the right tools is an absolute necessity otherwise id be butchering too..  in reality the wood came cut to size i need a decent chop saw, drill and bits and the encouragement to try it.. 

Half tempted to make a little enterprise of it, if it works and I ever find the time! 

6 month waiting list... lol

Ta

Fozzie 

[Fozzie]

Last bits done this morning... aligned the leg section with the foot.. drilled the spiked feet and fit the tread.. tapered the foot and legs... fixed the bits together...

The tripod legs are finished... bar a teak oil touch up..

Very happy with how this has turned out.. just in the process of fashioning a spreader from one gifted to me by Dave @F15Rules.. many thanks Dave.. 

Other than that I've clear sky's tonight so will be giving my new look GP mount a try out..

Thanks for all the interest and feed back that has enabled me to get this far and complete the project!

Ta

Fozzie

[Stu]

That's a fantastic result Fozzie, looks lovely and I'm sure will be very stable.

[F15Rules]

Wonderful job Steve, that's a lovely tripod as deserved by your excellent GP Mount and pillar.

Enjoy!?

Dave

[johninderby]

Came out very nice indeed. You should be proud of the result. 

          John

[Fozzie]

Thanks gents... just posted the complete picture elsewhere...

But I am very pleased so here it is again!!

[Alan White]

That is quite an accomplishment and looks fantastic.

With that  long frac it looks stonking.

[Fozzie]

Just to round of after an hour or so of visual I can already tell the dampening times are down, the mounts tracking whisper quiet..and the seeing is not too shabby....

All in all very happy with this set up..

Cant see my tripod legs in the dark though... thats going to be fun..

[F15Rules]

9 hours ago, Fozzie said:

Thanks gents... just posted the complete picture elsewhere...

But I am very pleased so here it is again!!

Great set up Steve.

I had the Lyra Optic version of your scope a few years ago and it was a lovely achromat, a tad better than an excellent TAL 100 RS I felt. It's a perfect match for your Vixen and Tripod combo?.

Dave