catman161 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hi Guys, Right, what with all this terrible weather and the fact I have a week off before starting my new job I have decided on a project. I am going to attempt to build a parallellogram mount for my 25x100 big bins. It's ambitious as I am not great at DIY-hence the post. Now I have decided on wood as the material as it is easier to work with than metal. What I am lacking is a good guide on how to even get started. I am after a guide with measurements and photographs if anyone knows of one?? I have a friend who is a mechanical engineer so I am going to e calling on his mathematical and technical know how I am sure. I just need to get started. In order to do that I need to get the materials but in order to know what to buy I need a guide! So if anybody on here has found any detailed guides on how to go about this type of project please could you let me know? I have found many threads but none that have explicitly explained the measurements, processes etc. Any help gratefully received Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Blimey. I didn't know what one was and looked it up in google. It looks like an ambitious project for someone who confesses they are not a natural born DIYer! Why don't you just go on holiday for a week like any normal person Good luck. Don't call me for help, i'm less of a DIYer than you. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 Holiday not an option as paying for June holiday on Tuesday and buying all new clothes for work next week also and I need a P-Mount for the bins and its snowing/raining/cloudy all the time! Only thing left to do is tinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I'm off work on Thursday, if you need me to make tea and give instructions let me know James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 Ha ha cheers James you're more than welcome to pop over just drop me a pm. Unfortunately I am without the car so am limited to home/town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Have a look at this Felix. http://oda.otis8.com/2011/12/diy-parallelogram-binocular-mount-cloudy-day-recipe/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 http://members.ziggo.nl/jhm.vangastel/Astronomy/binocs/binocs.htm http://fesunoff.com/astro/binoMount.html http://kindellism.webs.com/lightdutyparallelogram.htm There ya go Felix - three with plans of various detail and some comments on wood selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 Cheers guys! Lots of reading to do now I just saw Jupiter was above the moon so fired off 20 subs with the FZ8 am gonna see what I can do with them in Photoshop, if I can workout how to use it! Then it's bedtime reading-thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Fantastic project Felix. Take plenty of photos of your progress. If you had a couple of weeks off you could build one of these instead, it is goto and has a 40k object database . https://dl.dropbox.com/u/104047272/GotoBinoChair.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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