It keeps me out of mischief..........

[Roger Payne]

Among the ex-Indian No32 wrecks that I bought there were a few Mk3 scopes that I jealously guarded. Well, it's now getting to the time to rebuild & do something with these. Except I noticed that I was almost out of the late type segment covers that one sees on most Mk3 scopes. I'd got plenty of the 'common' four screw type, just not the ones that I was going to need. In the end I bought a piece of brass sheet & thought 'you might just as well have a go yourself'. I have made three or four now by cutting & filing, & they seem pretty satisfactory. I suppose I ought to give the centres a little tap with a blunt punch, but even so they seem ok. They still need the edges dressed a fraction & the minor bruises courtesy of yours truly tickled out, but, I think they'll do in the absence of a box of originals.....!

Anyone else been creative lately?

[waco16]

Nice job, Roger!

[Brian B]

Nicely done Roger!!

[Surpmil]

So often true isn't it that if we get stuck in with even simple tools we often get things done much more easily than we first expect? Have such a project in front of me at the moment.

You might see if a jeweller could run the brass between his rolls to put the curve on without hammering.

[Roger Payne]

Good idea. For the moment I've just used a simple mandrel that I turned to the right diameter out of a length of mild steel rod, heating & quenching the brass first to soften it.

Of course, my way is a long-winded labour intensive way of doing it. I've no doubt a professional outfit could bang them out perfectly by the hundred. The problem is I'd have to order them by the hundred & I only need half a dozen, so this will have to do!

By the way, the Kelly Hoppen interior design books are buXXer all to do with me.......no doubt you can guess to whom they belong......

[scharfschutzen63]

Does an original have teeth on the underside to lock in the adjustment?

[Brian Dick]

The "teeth" are on the little erector segment and not on the plate. The plate holds the segment to lock the erector in place.

[Roger Payne]

As Brian says. Here's a segment shown, & how it fits against the radial grooves on the erector cell. The downward pressure exerted by the brass segment cover stops the segment from moving & so in turn stops the erector cell from moving within the scope tube.