LexA5

Thanks for the inspiration!I made one of these using wood instead. Mounted it to a tripod ($4.99 at Goodwill) which is way easier, especially when you're trying to focus while keeping the sun on the screen, particularly with a heavy pair of 50mm binocs. You have to frequently adjust it to track the sun, but I thought it was worth it. I used foam core as a shield which cast a nice shadow over the viewing screen. Just be sure to fill in any gaps or you'll get light leaking through to your screen. To aid in alignment, there's a small plastic tube taped to the bottom of the "arm" salvaged from a roll of doggie poo bags. The screen is mounted to a broken windshield mount for a phone. I was originally going to try a mirror thing here to reflect the image to a screen on the back of t...

Thanks for the inspiration!I made one of these using wood instead. Mounted it to a tripod ($4.99 at Goodwill) which is way easier, especially when you're trying to focus while keeping the sun on the screen, particularly with a heavy pair of 50mm binocs. You have to frequently adjust it to track the sun, but I thought it was worth it. I used foam core as a shield which cast a nice shadow over the viewing screen. Just be sure to fill in any gaps or you'll get light leaking through to your screen. To aid in alignment, there's a small plastic tube taped to the bottom of the "arm" salvaged from a roll of doggie poo bags. The screen is mounted to a broken windshield mount for a phone. I was originally going to try a mirror thing here to reflect the image to a screen on the back of the shield, but it was easier just to project directly. That also forces one to look away from the sun to view. We were juuuust outside the path of totality so that 6th image is about as small as it got.Note: I initially thought I had dirty lenses or mirrors or something until I saw a live-stream of the eclipse and they were sun spots!