From: "Ulhas Deshpande" 
To: "ATM" 
Reply-To: "Ulhas Deshpande" 


Hi Marco
>>
For my next project I am thinking about building a small  rotating
'gun turret style' seat to mount my 11x80's onto. Where I could tilt
myself fully back to the zenith and rotate 360 degrees.  I want the seat to
be light weight, transportable and still rotate my 80Kg mass. Has anyone
ever tried this or does anyone know of any plans for something like this? I
would at first use manual movement. (Afterthoughts might be motorised,
digital encoders or computer controlled with steppers).
>>
May be you can get a WW II anti aircraft gun mount from military surplus.
It had a seat for the gunner and handles to rotate it in Az and Elev. The
gun mount could be modified to take the Bino.

My two paise

Clear skies
Ulhas

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