my digiscoping setup... for less than 4 bux?!?!

[IDmuleyman]

Yea, you read right! I made this little booger for less than 4 bux, not including the price of the camera of course. After much debate and looking at other setups like hubba_3's I came up with this. Which I truly believe to be the best setup for the money, all in all I got maybe 1-2 hours MAX in fabbing this thing. Now this may ruffle a few feathers, but if there are patent laws out for their product I will be fine as mine is still a little different than the tines-up setup... Here's my pics... Call me a cheap a$$ or say what you want, but hell for 4 bones I couldn't pass up the opportunity to make my own and spend that 100 bones saved on some new arrows and broadheads!

Oh ya, and only reason for the tape is that this is not the camera I am going to be using so I wasn't about to epoxy it on there just to take pics!

 

[IdahoSmitty]

Idmuleyman, I totally like the home brew stuff!! and for if it works good for 4 bucks you can't beat it. Let us know how you built it and any tips/tricks. NIce job

 

[smoktem]

I used the exact same coupler for my sworo and has worked great. The only thing that I have noticed is that taking it on and off is a little hard on the rubber eye piece.

 

[IDmuleyman]

IdahoSmitty I'll have to post that when get home from work, but will do. And Smoktem how has it been hard on the eyepiece? Too tight of a fit I take it?

 

[smoktem]

I think that I had some small tears in the eyepiece before I started using it, but being tight taking it on and off has ripped it more. My camera is an older one that is heaveir so needed to be a little tighter, this might not be a problem with a lighter camera.

 

[IDmuleyman]

I see, ya the camera I'll be using is purdy light and also having the angled scope helps with that problem, well for me anyways... I just dremeled the inside edge out some and made it fit a little loose so I can put it on n take it off easily...

 

[Dr_Hunter]

What did you use for the threaded male adapter?? Is that all pvc? The adapter looks like aluminum or some type of metal.


"Half of being smart, is knowing what you're dumb about."

 

[IDmuleyman]

Yessir all PVC, I'll snap a pic of what I started with when I get home

 

[IDmuleyman]

Here's what I started with...

Alls I did from there was take my dremel tool and opened the end to where it slid on and off the eyepiece easily. Then cut the end off the male adapter to shorten it up some and then threw it on the belt sander to remove all bumps and smooth it out and once again shorten it up some since I didn't need it to be all that long for the 4x zoom. I then hit the whole thing with some 1k grit paper, cleaned it, then painted it and you got yourself a sub $10 digiscope adapter including parts and paint...

 

[liecabucks]

Gonna pick me some up today! Looks pretty simple.


Sit tall in the saddle, hold your head up high, keep your eyes fixed to where the trail meets the sky...

 

[IDmuleyman]

Yessir, very simple! Be sure and post some pics when finished! And I would recommend taking your scope and camera in or atleast measuring your eyepiece's and camera lens' diameter before hand so you know what size pvc to get. For the swaro I got 1.5" and opened it some as the 2" was too big and coulda went with a smaller one for my camera but didn't, still might tho...

 

[liecabucks]

I have the Leica 82mm so I had to go to the 2" and fill the inside with duct tape to snug it up. I'm letting paint dry as I type this...Don't tell my boss!


Sit tall in the saddle, hold your head up high, keep your eyes fixed to where the trail meets the sky...

 

[liecabucks]

I figured a few of you guys would be interested in how this was done. Sorry for not documenting everything from the very first. I started taking pictures after I bought, cut and trial fit my components. I have a Leica 82mm so a 2 inch fitting was slightly loose. I simply built it up with duct tape until it was a snug fit. Pretty simple self build up I must say. The tools used were a coping saw(all I could find), epoxy, sand paper, dremel drill, spray paint and duct tape! Took me about an hour to come up with this setup and a little longer for the epoxy to cure.

Yup it works!
The unsuspecting Big O Tire owner down the street, haha love ya Larry

Sit tall in the saddle, hold your head up high, keep your eyes fixed to where the trail meets the sky...

 

[IDmuleyman]

LAST EDITED ON Jul-13-11 AT 06:15PM (MST)[p]Looks good liecabucks! Aren't you glad you didn't spend 100 bux?!?!?! Way simple and easy to do, thanks for posting up pics of it finished up! Glad this simple little idea is saving fellow monstermuley'ers some money!

 

[Dr_Hunter]

Got the stuff last night. Will try it out tomorrow.

 

[rackman]

I have been looking for a cost effective way to be able to digiscope! Now I can! Thanks for sharing guys!!!

Randall Limb
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