--Workin' on my biggest hunk of metal at the moment; a little
golfball firing cannon. Trouble is the thing doesn't have sights so I'm
building something similar to something I saw a while back. Basically it's a
3-legged "spider" with a sighting tube on top. By poking the pointy legs
into small depressions on the barrel it becomes a removable, repeatable way
to aim the beastie. Now the problem is that, because what I've got is a
little shy of full scale, I have to get down pretty close to the ground and
crane my neck to look thru the sight; a real pain with a sore back! What I'd
like to do is build something like a telescope sighting scope, with a right
angle viewer so that I need only look down, to look downrange.
--Sooo has anyone got a link to something nice I can build to do
this? The idea is to avoid having the thing look too awful...

--
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On 21 Mar 2008 15:37:44 GMT, steamer wrote:

--Workin' on my biggest hunk of metal at the moment; a little
golfball firing cannon. Trouble is the thing doesn't have sights so I'm
building something similar to something I saw a while back. Basically it's a
3-legged "spider" with a sighting tube on top. By poking the pointy legs
into small depressions on the barrel it becomes a removable, repeatable way
to aim the beastie. Now the problem is that, because what I've got is a
little shy of full scale, I have to get down pretty close to the ground and
crane my neck to look thru the sight; a real pain with a sore back! What I'd
like to do is build something like a telescope sighting scope, with a right
angle viewer so that I need only look down, to look downrange.
--Sooo has anyone got a link to something nice I can build to do
this? The idea is to avoid having the thing look too awful...


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"steamer" wrote in message
...
--Workin' on my biggest hunk of metal at the moment; a little
golfball firing cannon. Trouble is the thing doesn't have sights so I'm
building something similar to something I saw a while back. Basically it's
a
3-legged "spider" with a sighting tube on top. By poking the pointy legs
into small depressions on the barrel it becomes a removable, repeatable
way
to aim the beastie. Now the problem is that, because what I've got is a
little shy of full scale, I have to get down pretty close to the ground
and
crane my neck to look thru the sight; a real pain with a sore back! What
I'd
like to do is build something like a telescope sighting scope, with a
right
angle viewer so that I need only look down, to look downrange.
--Sooo has anyone got a link to something nice I can build to do
this? The idea is to avoid having the thing look too awful...

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Dare me to
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : make less sense...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---
You might could just mount a small mirror at 45 degrees to the line of the
sights.

Don Young

Ed -

How about a cheap telescope or sighting scope that is mounted.

Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
TSRA, Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.
http://lufkinced.com/


steamer wrote:
--Workin' on my biggest hunk of metal at the moment; a little
golfball firing cannon. Trouble is the thing doesn't have sights so I'm
building something similar to something I saw a while back. Basically it's a
3-legged "spider" with a sighting tube on top. By poking the pointy legs
into small depressions on the barrel it becomes a removable, repeatable way
to aim the beastie. Now the problem is that, because what I've got is a
little shy of full scale, I have to get down pretty close to the ground and
crane my neck to look thru the sight; a real pain with a sore back! What I'd
like to do is build something like a telescope sighting scope, with a right
angle viewer so that I need only look down, to look downrange.
--Sooo has anyone got a link to something nice I can build to do
this? The idea is to avoid having the thing look too awful...



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Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
Ed -

How about a cheap telescope or sighting scope that is mounted.

--Well that's the ideal, but I've been googling for a while and I
haven't found anyone who sells just this bit without the telescope thrown
in! Got a link? Sadly no shops sell telescopes within 60 miles of me...

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Dare me to
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : make less sense...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

Don Young wrote:
You might could just mount a small mirror at 45 degrees to the line of the
sights.
--That's what I'm doing; it works but it looks mighty funky! Some
optics would give me something other than 'tunnel vision' methinks. Right
now I've welded two sections of 1/4" pipe together at a right angle, then
cut the joint at a 45deg angle, exposing the intersection. I put a small
first surface mirror there and had a look and sure enough I can see around
the corner. I suppose that'll do in a pinch; I can even put a couple of
crosshairs out at the end, using a reticle off of something in the shop
inspection kit but it's gonna look ugly and it's going to work ugly too! :-)


--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Dare me to
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : make less sense...
www.nmpproducts.com
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On 22 Mar 2008 15:36:06 GMT, steamer
wrote:

Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
Ed -

How about a cheap telescope or sighting scope that is mounted.

--Well that's the ideal, but I've been googling for a while and I
haven't found anyone who sells just this bit without the telescope thrown
in! Got a link? Sadly no shops sell telescopes within 60 miles of me...

How much shock/recoil does this thing have?

Reason I ask is that they make right angle scopes/sights for
Astronomical telescopes (finder-scopes). Usually they
adjust/align them via the mount and have low powered optics.
For some examples see:

http://www.telescopes.com/telescope-...8200+10935.cfm

Might give you some more ideas...

--
Leon Fisk
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Thanks Leon -

I was going to point out Orion to Ed - but as it turns out Orion evolved
into Telescopes.com.

I used Orion since the mid 80's and so it seems it was a go business.

Martin

Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
TSRA, Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.
http://lufkinced.com/


Leon Fisk wrote:
On 22 Mar 2008 15:36:06 GMT, steamer
wrote:

Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
Ed -
How about a cheap telescope or sighting scope that is mounted.
--Well that's the ideal, but I've been googling for a while and I
haven't found anyone who sells just this bit without the telescope thrown
in! Got a link? Sadly no shops sell telescopes within 60 miles of me...

How much shock/recoil does this thing have?

Reason I ask is that they make right angle scopes/sights for
Astronomical telescopes (finder-scopes). Usually they
adjust/align them via the mount and have low powered optics.
For some examples see:

http://www.telescopes.com/telescope-...8200+10935.cfm

Might give you some more ideas...



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--Most excellent; thanks! Gonna get me one tonight.. Now all I've
gotta do is 'steampunk' it up a bit, eh? :-)

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Dare me to
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : make less sense...
www.nmpproducts.com
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