Kevin Conville
yardbirder
Henning Hauksen and I have been exchanging designs and ideas over in the Swarovski sub forum under the title "Swarovski Universal tripod adapter review" https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=361138.
A few of us have concluded that the Swarovski mount, and pretty much all others, leave something to be desired. Henning and I decided to start building and see if we could come up with something better.
The goal was to have a rock solid mount, that doesn't affect the IPD of the bins, is light and simple, is as universal as is practical, and allows the use of the bin when the mount is attached but handheld, and more recently, allows the mount to remain attached but can be returned to it's case.
If interested, please review the other thread to see the evolution of design that Henning and I have done to get close (my opinion) to the ideal mount. https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=361138
Note Henning has gone high tech with a 3D printable design and mine is the "organic" version.
Here's some pics from what I made today, my interpretation of Henning's version 8:
A few of us have concluded that the Swarovski mount, and pretty much all others, leave something to be desired. Henning and I decided to start building and see if we could come up with something better.
The goal was to have a rock solid mount, that doesn't affect the IPD of the bins, is light and simple, is as universal as is practical, and allows the use of the bin when the mount is attached but handheld, and more recently, allows the mount to remain attached but can be returned to it's case.
If interested, please review the other thread to see the evolution of design that Henning and I have done to get close (my opinion) to the ideal mount. https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=361138
Note Henning has gone high tech with a 3D printable design and mine is the "organic" version.
Here's some pics from what I made today, my interpretation of Henning's version 8:
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