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Does anyone know what the size and threading is for the standard
thread-in reticle illuminaters? Might save me some trial and error time down at the hardware store trying out all their likely looking SAE and Metric bolts. Here's hoping it's not British Standard - had MG-TD and Singer autos once upon a time and the Brit tooling and threading was a PITA. |
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lal_truckee wrote: Does anyone know what the size and threading is for the standard thread-in reticle illuminaters? Might save me some trial and error time down at the hardware store trying out all their likely looking SAE and Metric bolts. Here's hoping it's not British Standard - had MG-TD and Singer autos once upon a time and the Brit tooling and threading was a PITA. good question. I am trying to fix one of the club's finders as I write - took a break. People just must take things apart to make them work better so with one finger poke into the recticle! In any event I haveno idea what wire one uses. Years ago I was told nichrome but that cant be right become it wont solder, so I have used thin copper wire stretched and then soldered. Also did one with human hair and glued it and that recticle still works years later. If youfind out what wire to use let us all know! Probably something so special only a auto body shop has it - smile. ..... |
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"lal_truckee" wrote in message . .. Does anyone know what the size and threading is for the standard thread-in reticle illuminaters? Might save me some trial and error time down at the hardware store trying out all their likely looking SAE and Metric bolts. Here's hoping it's not British Standard - had MG-TD and Singer autos once upon a time and the Brit tooling and threading was a PITA. The one on my GM-8, measures as M6*1. Suprised me, I expected it to be UNF or UNC (given the American source of this, and that the mounting bolts are UNC), but it definately appears to be metric. Best Wishes |
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Roger Hamlett wrote:
"lal_truckee" wrote in message . .. Does anyone know what the size and threading is for the standard thread-in reticle illuminaters? Might save me some trial and error time down at the hardware store trying out all their likely looking SAE and Metric bolts. CLIP The one on my GM-8, measures as M6*1. Suprised me, I expected it to be UNF or UNC (given the American source of this, and that the mounting bolts are UNC), but it definately appears to be metric. Interesting. From what I could gather from Googling 8mm was the semi-standard so I thought my query was mostly about the thread pitch - your 6mm tosses me another variable. Illuminator internals look pretty simple so I thought I'd look into building one since I have this illuminator eyepiece laying around. |
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"lal_truckee" wrote in message t... Roger Hamlett wrote: "lal_truckee" wrote in message . .. Does anyone know what the size and threading is for the standard thread-in reticle illuminaters? Might save me some trial and error time down at the hardware store trying out all their likely looking SAE and Metric bolts. CLIP The one on my GM-8, measures as M6*1. Suprised me, I expected it to be UNF or UNC (given the American source of this, and that the mounting bolts are UNC), but it definately appears to be metric. Interesting. From what I could gather from Googling 8mm was the semi-standard so I thought my query was mostly about the thread pitch - your 6mm tosses me another variable. Illuminator internals look pretty simple so I thought I'd look into building one since I have this illuminator eyepiece laying around. Hopefully we are talking about the same bit. The little LED illuminator, that screws into the polar scope, or my Takahashi finder scope?. Can confirm that the one on my AP, is also the same size. As a further 'note', the body musn't be larger than 10mm diameter for the first few mm. On the Takahashi, the threaded hole, is recessed into the body of the finder by a couple of mm. If you want, email me directly, and I'll send a photo of an illuminator, with a M6 bolt for 'comparison'. Maybe the ones on eyepieces are larger?. Ah Ha!. Can confirm this!. I have a 9mm illuminated reticule eyepiece as well. This has a larger thread. This one is _imperial_ 5/16"*32TPI. One of the special 'fine' UNF thread versions. You are going to need to verify which thread your unit has. I do love the standardisation in this... Best Wishes |
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On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:12:11 GMT, "Roger Hamlett"
wrote: Ah Ha!. Can confirm this!. I have a 9mm illuminated reticule eyepiece as well. This has a larger thread. This one is _imperial_ 5/16"*32TPI. One of the special 'fine' UNF thread versions. You are going to need to verify which thread your unit has. I have three devices that accept illuminators- a Meade finder and two reticle eyepieces. All are 5/16-32 threads. _________________________________________________ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com |
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