Tripod Sea and Rock Legs

[Stagecoach]

Very good Andre and Izzie

Whilst you guys have all been spending your time taking the mickey out of my invention I have been far more productive and already have the sand version under-way.

[Mark von Kanel]

LMFAO! still bodging it though... wheres the poor things socks?

[Cliff Roamer]

Very good Andre and Izzie

Whilst you guys have all been spending your time taking the mickey out of my invention I have been far more productive and already have the sand version under-way.

Brilliant, can you buy three wellies?

At least you still got yours, mine made a bid for freedom and was last seen heading to the hills , fast little bugger

[Colin Southern]

Heck - I just put mine in the water -- it doesn't bother the carbon fibre at all.

[Cliff Roamer]

Having come across the problem of tripod movement on slippery wet very uneven rocks I had to find a solution quicker and easier than reverting to overseas mail order.

So here's my solution, plastic water pipe, end caps, nuts and bolts with a bit of grinding and some plastic conduit to make the top clamping collets. It slides snugly over the existing rubber feet and they are pretty rigid.

It will serve two purposes, lock the feet rigidly and is waterproof up to near the top of the plastic with a bonus that if it gets scratched around on rock and coral I really don't care as they only cost me 1$ 20c FJ for the three end caps

The Prototype - to be trialled later this week, depending on weather





Now the embarrassing part, it took 6 shots to get this image Grahame

Love it, I'm all for building things myself especially in this world that is so obsessed with having the latest, biggest, designer labels, etc, I await the next versions

I build my own computers, I love gas struts but I couldn't find a PC case with any on so I built one, I'm also designing an aluminium filter holder as I can't bring myself to pay the prices that the likes of Lee want

[dabhand]

Mike,

Gas struts - really great idea - easy access, no screws to lose (I hope) - maintenance dream, best get it patented quick :-)

steve

[dabhand]

Very good Andre and Izzie

Whilst you guys have all been spending your time taking the mickey out of my invention I have been far more productive and already have the sand version under-way.

I trust the development version will use desert boots otherwise it creates a real clash of colour - mind you, I can see a benefit for the wellies if it's really windy - just fill them with sand - rock solid !

steve

[Cliff Roamer]

Mike,

Gas struts - really great idea - easy access, no screws to lose (I hope) - maintenance dream, best get it patented quick :-)

steve

You are right, all done with magnets Steve, lots of Neodymium magnets, real powerful for their size but you need to keep them away from some of the electronic components as they don't play well together

[IzzieK]

Brilliant mate! You've just made my day! Better than a baby bootie! I have to make a link to this post to tell David later on...

Very good Andre and Izzie

Whilst you guys have all been spending your time taking the mickey out of my invention I have been far more productive and already have the sand version under-way.

[ied]

Very clever.

Irene

[Stagecoach]

Brilliant, can you buy three wellies?

Oh b****r

[Stagecoach]

Heck - I just put mine in the water -- it doesn't bother the carbon fibre at all.

No No Colin, the wellie version is not for the water but to spread the contact area on the sand to stop sinkage

[Stagecoach]

I trust the development version will use desert boots otherwise it creates a real clash of colour - mind you, I can see a benefit for the wellies if it's really windy - just fill them with sand - rock solid !

steve

The comments are getting better

[Stagecoach]

Brilliant mate! You've just made my day! Better than a baby bootie! I have to make a link to this post to tell David later on...

Was it not Christina who started this off with her tripod bootie mods for use on a ferry?