bikemad24 Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 a few months ago i acquired a similar tube thats fitted into a military scope and didnt know what to do with it, so after a bit of re search i had a body for it 3d printed, its very compact and had it made with a cs lens thread so i can put different cheap lenses on it. So far it surpassed all exceptions here's a pick of it (top) next to my archer. here a pick with spotting lens, 75mm cannon zoom lens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 can I ask why you want to use "cheap lenses" you will improve the picture 10 fold by using decent lenses atb Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikemad24 Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 The reason is i can get cheap and expensive lenses with this mount system but i didnt want to waste money if the build turned out rubbish. iv now picked up a couple of second hand quality lenses. the cannon is very good i can spot foxes very very far with it and the zoom feature of it makes identifying charlie easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikemad24 Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 I forgot to add this cost me the grand total of £160.28, for gen3 night vision! now thats a bargain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul taylor Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Ha ha if you've got a good piece of gen three for that price plus a bit of effort that's got to be the Billy bargain of the year. Nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 That is excellent work, and what a price! Where did the tube come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikemad24 Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 the tubes out of a kite, A friend had it in a drawer for some reason he was given it by someone and then i ended up with it. Its in very good nick, better than my archer tube with no dots or marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Why not just get it put in your archer? Let's face it in this case it's a bargain as the expensive bit was free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikemad24 Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Why not just get it put in your archer? Let's face it in this case it's a bargain as the expensive bit was free For 2 reasons that would have been to easy and starlight wanted £800 to do this for me, So i had one 3d printed, its smaller so it fits in my pocket for spotting and if any part breaks i can just get it re printed. even the threads are printed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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