home made sat tripod

[Grahamsprite4]

went shopping with the wife on sat and found netto to be selling a work lamp on a tripod for £4.99 thought that might make a good satellite stand!

heres my effort if very little on the effort side!! (its now painted black)

 

[Parksy]

To post your picture you need to first re size your picture to medium or large then copy/paste the HTML code (3rd one down)Graham

 

[Grahamsprite4]

 

[Sproket]

If you drill a hole 2" in from the end of the legs, ( just big enough for the pegs to fit through ) you can then peg it down so that the wind wont blow it over easily, it will be cheaper than buying a new LNB .....

They don't like to bounce.....

 

[Grahamsprite4]

thanks for that sprocket but already have prior to painting it blk

Graham

 

[raccoon]

Nice job graham, I bought a fishing tripod from Go outdoors. It had a two rod holder on the top, so I just cut through the clip and was left with a flat surface where I just bolted my dish on. Cost was

 

[Woody3]

One point, the dish does not need to be so high. Provided it has a clear sight path in the direction of the sat it can be mounted at ground level - which will improve the stability even more.