ProteuS Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Evening Gents, I was wondering if you guys might be able to offer some help on a problem i'm pondering. I have a scope mounted 170, which is a cracking lamp, I'm doing more vehicle work at the moment, so I've purchased a RC handle and am making a suction mount for the roof for it. Now I'm perfectly happy with the 170 as it is plenty lamp for the bunnys / odd fox. I don't particularly want to purchase another 170, so was thinking of a way to mount the two. So far I've come up with, A) purchase another scope mount. and drill / glue a piece of thredded bar in and attach that to the remote handle so that the lamp can just be clipped on and off. try to find / make a bracket akin to the one on the RM170. What are your thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3xspringer Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 I have the hand held 170 this screws on to the remote via a small stud for roof mounting, I also have a rifle mount 170 and you can buy a conversion kit to make it hand held so you could probley get the stud and fit it this way but not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_R Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 If you are making your own mount, perhaps you can make a short stub of 1 inch (or 30mm as appropriate) dowel or bar to simulate the scope, and clamp to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProteuS Posted March 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Thanks for the replies chaps. I've come up with a solution, and for those who may be interested / find it useful i'll post it here. I have made a thread adapter, using two bolts. one bolt was drilled through the top and tapped to accept the smaller bolt which was threaded in with loctite. The smaller bolt was cut and the amount of thread left to suit. to convert between scope attached mode and rc mount, all i have to do is undo the screw that holds the small clip plate on the lamp. and then screw the lamp onto the handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky green Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 this was my solution to use my scope mounted 170 in the vehicle,bit of ply cut to the shape of the sunroof,then you can shut the sunroof to hold it in place,works a treat for me. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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