[Robotgroup] Need heavy duty portable tripod for projects

[Def Egge]

Glenn,

Check with Miller Blueprint down on 6th Street.  They deal in new and 
used surveying equipment.  No doubt there are other sources in town 
but I forgot most of them long, long ago.


All the best....

Mike


At 11:02  2007/03/10, you wrote:
>I am looking for one or more, heavy-duty portable tripods for use in a
>project.
>
>Something like the tripods used by surveyors would be nice.
>Used, in good condition, for a good price, would be nice.
>
>I need something  steady to mount  microwave antennas and an optical
>sensor array.  A "head" on the tripod with micro adjustment screws would
>be nice as well.  A fluid head could be useful as well, but the micro
>adjustment
>capability would be more useful.
>
>The tripod needs to be able to support a couple of pounds of equipment, at
>a minimum.  Preferably it could support much more, say ~50 pounds.
>
>A motor drive telescope mount would be nice as well, but would need to be
>capable of dealing with 50 pounds of equipment, or more.
>
>There are microwave dish aiming rotators, for satellite antennas on RVs.
>Some of those would be useful as well.
>
>Please let me know if you come across any good deals on heavy duty tripods
>or microwave multi-axis rotators.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Glenn
>
>
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