Broken Bino :(

[that_guy]

I have a broken bino that has a snapped focusing bar thingy... I tried glueing it with hot glue and wood nail and drilling a hole and putting in a bar to support it but none works?? suggestions?? I need some suggestions quick cos i want it to be fixed before Saturday SAS meeting

[erick]

Ouch! Do the eyepieces just flop around now? Of course, you only need one focus point for yourself - infinity. If you can get them to that point and fix them there (duct tape! rubber bands!) you might be functional?

[[1ponders]]

Why not take it to the SAS meeting and get someone to show you how to fix them securely?

[that_guy]

yeah! they flop around alot! i think one of my family ( I don't know who to blame...yet!) sat on it during trip to cairns...

[that_guy]

I'm one of them shy people that has trouble talking to people face to face with out stuttering or fading in and out of conscience... i usually take a plunge when i go to kfc and stuff... cos i know im gonna get a reward... so i was hoping to avoid that. But i'll do it if its the only option...

All my binos have a strange way of not working! One of my other bino has to eyepiece?(i don't know what happened) and the other one the lense fell out!!
It's a very handy and trustworthy bino and im not ready to give up on it yet!

[erick]

A relatively cheap pair, I take it?

Might be a DIY job. Carefully dismantle and try to replace the broken plastic rod with a piece of wooden dowel. Yes, a bit rough, but might get you functional. That is only if the magic of superglue doesn't work on the broken plastic rod.

[that_guy]

i tried glue but it won't keep both eyepieces on the same level and ones out of focus and one in