Can you make a 32 scope from a 42 or a 53?

[jmoore]

No, but maybe you can ferret out who is producing these and have a custom one made...

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[Peter Laidler]

The problem....., if it is a problem, is that even old No42's and 53's are fetching a kings ransom on the auction sites.

It's alright having one as 'spares' but your average joe with a needy No32 couldn't set one up optically even if he had the spare bits. And who else has the light transmission facilities?

I'm sure that the way to go is for someone to invest in a few No53's, get CAD drawings run up and start......................... But it's not me!

[Roger Payne]

Once, some years ago, I had my late machinist do at least part of this work for me. I had one of those ex-Indian really dreadful No32's where the tube was so corroded it had really gone too far to do anything with. However, the turret casting & many of the internals were fine, so he took the casting off the original tube, grafted it on to the donor No53 tube (also skimming the OD down to 1.00"), pantographed back on the original markings & hey presto!

Now, the $64K question: did I turn it into a fake, or was it just 'heavily restored'?!? Whatever else, it did get turned back into a usable scope......

ATB

[Peter Laidler]

I have done something very similar many, many times by grafting No42/53 tubes or parts of the tube onto needy No32's. It's time consuming but it saves another scope. It's the casting and machining of the turret housing that will bethe stumbling block. Mk3 drum assemblies are plentiful (?) as are the other parts. But not, alas, the tubes