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I think I must be the only longtime Soltek user who’s never had the legs repaired! Mine are still working just fine. Some small plastic parts needed to be replaced, but those were very easy to take care of. I called them on the phone and in spite of my difficulty in describing the parts, they knew exactly which ones to send.
Pierre says above that he considers it to be light. For me, the one drawback is that I feel it’s quite heavy! Of course I’m always amazed by how much more a guy can carry off into the woods to go painting! I always need to pack as light as possible. It fits easily in an ArtComber cart though, and then it’s a breeze to wheel it around with the rest of my gear.
Jamie
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One year from now, you'll wish you had started today.Hey boomerbach i got an email from Todd when i ordered mine last week adressing this, He confirmed but said it wouldnt be out for at least 6 months, but he was guessing a year
This is a great easel for plein air painting.
You can even put a fairly decent sized canvas on it.
The artists in France use this a lot it’s called the Jullian easel made by the Jullian c° in France.The guy with the beard and the woman sitting are my parents. Photo is 1965or so.;)
Get a tripod that suits your hight. I like mine to go about chest level. I use an aluminnum tripod mainly, what rust as easy. Light in weight but strong. The tubing is about 11/16 thick, with one extension per leg. I mount my 6×8 pochade box on that. Although I’m thinking of making a phochade box without the added thickness for paints etc. and going for something slimmer and putting the paints in a small pocket in my backpack easily excessible. Then just have a pallette in the bottom of the pochade box. The reason behind that is it’s hard to manouver the brush if the bottom half of your pochade box is in the way. Although I guess I’ve became used to it. I don’t even use a ball on my tripd. The box just mounts on a plate with a thumb screw and bolt. Then hang your backpack from the bottom. This is what I carry below, even on my bike riding through downtown traffic in Houston, yeah thats interesting, lol. It’s light too. I’ve rode for at least 8 miles on trails and yeah it’s work but it was fun also. My main problem was how to put the tripod on the backpack and resorted to doing the following in the photo. When I’m on my bike it puts the tripod off my helmet while riding and I can twist and turn both directions without any problems. If its vertical it will hit my helmet very annoying. The tripod is made buy a company called Quick-Set Standard Duplex Made in USA, Chicago. Model SD2. I bought it from a local Salvation Army Store for $5 what a deal. At the time it had a swivel head but after being around saltwater, kayaking it seased up somehow and it’s now useless. Make do with what you have is what I say. I heard of people just using shoulder straps on the pochade box :).
~Kirby:thumbsup:
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