Weaver Steadman Tripods?

[MalcolmOng]

I'm trying to figure out how this works:

Eh?

 

[Prairieboy]

They are great heads for certain types of shots, especially is you want to pan or tilt on a onconventional axis(like side mount for example. The also enable you to top mount a camera to have it very low to the ground while amintaining head movement)

 

[gco]

and here i was trying to figure out where to put the coins......

 

[MalcolmOng]

It looks so steam punk.... It'd look great in a jules verne movie adaptation as a prop