From: "Richard Schwartz" 
To: "Ulhas Deshpande" ,
        "ATM" 
Reply-To: "Richard Schwartz" 


Actually, comfort should be the most important feature of the seat.   I
suggest something like a recliner chair that is partially enclosed.
Speakers for piped in music and WWV time ticks could be near your ears,
colocated with the heat lamps.   Tubes accessible from the focuser would
provide coffee, hot chocolate, and brandy.   A special hood would keep out
early dawn daylight.  A work platform would support star charts, the laptop
computer, and the oberving notebook.

Of course, all this will be obsolete as soon as you get a CCD focal plane.
Then the telescope will be outside in the crystal clear cold of the
Himalaya highlands, but you will control it and observe from inside a
comfortable trailer or motorhome will all the amenities: well stocked bar,
hot tub, appropriately attired massage girl, etc.

(unsigned message)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ulhas Deshpande" 
To: "ATM" 
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:10 AM Subject: RE: ATM Bino Seat.


>
> 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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