parallelogram mount for club binos

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Roy Stewart
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Post by Roy Stewart » Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:24 pm

Just sent my mate an email..
waiting for him to get back to me..
but I dont think there'll be a problem with
him delivering anything as long as we
foot the bill.... He live in Connecticut
so thats far enough east...

Cheers Roy :D :D
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Post by Frank Ryan » Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:37 pm

the guy thats selling the gear (roy) said
he lives near the border and if we wanted
would cross over & send it from there.
I've a mate in NY that would send it on to me
marked as a gift.

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Post by Roy Stewart » Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:17 pm

Thats Perfect...
Was that price including the
tripod??????
If not, whats the total with tripod included??

Cheers Roy
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Post by Frank Ryan » Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:17 pm

The price does not include tripod.
I have a tripod that will do the job.
I think 250 for this is a very good price.
Postage cant be that much.
Surely only around 50.

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Post by Roy Stewart » Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:59 pm

OK.... Its time for less talk more walk...
April is fast approaching...
So I vote yes to Franks plan...
The parallelogram looks the bussiness
and its exactly what we need...

Cheers Roy :D :D
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Post by Frank Ryan » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:05 am

Postage by him to us if sent from the US
is €65
"OK Frank, here is some shipping info

If I ship from Canada $97 + $4.50 ($300 insurance) Total $101.50 CDN

If I ship from US $76 + $5 (import fee) + $5.60 ($300 insurance)  Total $86.60

Both quotes are by Mail service

One problem though

We are in a hurry to get these

That could be a problem depending on how fast you want this. I am currently building 5 at a time, (about 40% done) and I only build them in batches - everybody gets them shipped at the same time. I am another 4 weeks from finishing add 2 weeks for shipping and another week for "who knows what"

Remember, I do not ship the counter weights - they are standard weight lifting barbell stuff
You need a 5\8" mounting screw - preferably a Survey type tripod. You can use other configurations , as long as you leave room for the protrusion at the bottom of my azimuth bearing - see attached. See red base, that is normal, the black base has a "washer" installed so a flat install is possible.
And you will need a small "L" bracket to attach center mounting binoculars to the Pmount - see attached

Regards   Roy"

I've requested a price for him to post
it to my mate in NY.
To see the difference.
I also asked him woukd he send it as a gift.

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Post by Dave Lillis » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:28 pm

ok so, it'll be 2 months before we get them, so be it,.
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Post by Frank Ryan » Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:29 am

He said he marks them
'wooden toy' & 'gift'
Sounds good to me.
He does do a tripod option,
i asked him for a quote jyst outa pig iron.
my tripod will be fine if the club wants to
save a few quid and buy them.
We can compare both prices and
make up our minds.
Not sure what the going rate is for an
etx pe tripod but plenty of time for that

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Post by Dave Lillis » Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:55 pm

ok so, we'll see what price he comes back with the tripod, the existing tripod here with the binos might work with his mount, but guys I'd hate to scrimp on a few quid and fuck this up..
Personally, I want a system that just works, no fidgeting, no hassle, no shite.
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Post by Frank Ryan » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:18 am

agreed

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Post by Dave Lillis » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:40 am

as a side thing, there is a guy on astromart selling a unimount, he is currently only shipping to the US, I'm trying to persuade him to ship it to us.
I'll know in a day or 2.
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Post by Dave Lillis » Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:53 pm

well lads,
You've all seen this thing in action by now, its a beauty for sure.!
I'm glad we got it.
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