DIY: Repairing a Finderscope Crosshair Reticle

[iceman (Mike)]

RG (Astro_Bot) has written a nice DIY article for Repairing a Finderscope Crosshair Reticle.

You can read the article on the IceInSpace Projects page, or directly by clicking on the link below:

Repairing a Finderscope Crosshair Reticle

Thanks to RG for writing the review. Please contribute your own reviews and articles! It's easy to do and it's not rocket science. Get the heads-up at Write for IceInSpace just like RG did.

[iceman (Mike)]

Article uploaded.

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

Hi,

Very good article.

It set me to wondering if this could be done with glow-in-the-dark thread eg

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Nite-Lite...#ht_720wt_1187

and would it work to any advantage in that situation?

Cheers

[2stroke (Jay)]

hmm thinking a cheap drift alignment tool out of old possel and an LED

[erick (Eric)]

Excellent technique, RG!

[Ric]

A lot of useful tips RG.

I've replaced a few crosshairs and it's always fiddly, this definitely looks a better way.

I've also found that a human hair is also a good size as well. I have to use one of my wifes though, there's nothing on my head.

[Astro_Bot]

Thanks for the compliments.

It set me to wondering if this could be done with glow-in-the-dark thread eg ... <snip> ... and would it work to any advantage in that situation?

I didn't attempt repair with thread, so I don;t really know - thread is a bit thicker than the wire I used. The glow in the dark option might be worthwhile and I'd be interested to see what it looks like. Maybe the glow in the dark thread would also work for a DIY 1-power finder?

My hair is also pretty useless for this kind of thing!

(I've also made myself an LED crosshair illuminator - a slightly different design to the existing IIS articles - cost about $20 to make - but there're are enough articles on that kind of thing already).

[Marke (Mark)]

In the distant past when I would repair/replace them I just use hair - pluck out a couple hairs and a dot of super glue as was good as new

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by Marke

In the distant past when I would repair/replace them I just use hair - pluck out a couple hairs and a dot of super glue as was good as new

All hair gone now?

[Marke (Mark)]

Originally Posted by GeoffW1

All hair gone now?

Umm yeah I would use some one else now

[RB (Andrew)]