Thanks to Mike for the pictures and measurements of the elusive Wild T3 legs. Not having a tight laser scan made matching the feet an educated guess and I completely made up my own center clamp, but, it will be fine for my desk.
and for those that do not realize how big these legs are, ... a Geodimeter robot sitting on them
They are cheaper than I thought they would be, well except for the very ridiculous 1/4th scale.
1/12th scale 4.68" tall http://shpws.me/pLrW
1/8th scale 7.02" tall http://shpws.me/pLrg
1/6th scale 9.359" tall http://shpws.me/pLrX
1/4th scale 14.039" tall http://shpws.me/pLrY:excruciating:
I am thinking that they will have the same issues as a real set of legs and have a lot of vertical strength, but, the smaller scales will not take much twist at the heads. I beefed up where I thought that might occur, but, the 1/12th scale have small 1.5mm joints even beefed up.
1/4 scale legs
Still pricy, but, they are not in the super pricy level anymore. Snap together functional kit now. Legs swing, center screw turns in holder swing and the holder swing works to. http://shpws.me/pLtx Done with this silliness ...
This is a great example of paying by volume the 1/6th scale is $34.87 and the 1/4 scale is %50 bigger or 1.50 times in three directions. $34.87 x 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 = $117.69. 3D stuff can change volume very quickly ...
1/4 scale legs
Got the idea to hollow the legs, well kind of like the cheap Leica knock offs:-D
It is significantly cheaper, but, still not cheap. I guess it isn't too bad if you take into account that just the leg pieces are 12.6" long
Yes, I miniaturized the 5/8" / 11 threads ... I have also added them to the 1/4 scale Wild T3 with a slight gap. I have no idea if they will actually work. Probably would have been better off sizing both parts for a real tap and die.