-
Welcome to the Project Runs Forum!
This forum is intended for interest gauging and active runs. Due to the transient nature of this forum, please keep all research and ongoing discussion in one of our main forums so your information is not lost.
Only Premium Members can start a new run.
Limited Run Machined mystery wedge, lens focusing knobs and other macro-binoculars parts
- Thread starter eethan
- Start date
-
- Tags
- macrobinoculars star wars
Could a paper drill guide be provided?
ok then,
please don't take this the wrong way, I'm just making sure because I already had several people in the past that asked me this and didn't know where to find that button as it's hidden by default. If you already knew, I'm sorry
you can find the black button and its silver base under the front plate of the eumig, after disassembling it:
when you disassemble it, you get that whole thing:
this can then be put on my aluminium turned support, my support is not there to mimic the silver part of the button, it will be hidden by the actual Eumig button.
if you are missing this button completely, I guess this is something I could 3D print in resin, however, I would need a bit more people requesting it as I have so many other things that need to be done at the moment!
cheers
Absolutely! sorry, I wanted to do it and then I forgot with all the other things!
I'll include it for next orders, those that will not receive it can print this at 100% or just measure what I have written on it:
I hope this helps
cheers
Hey guys.
worked a bit on prototping those damn minuscule adjusting knobs today again. We are getting closer even though it's still not fully opperational yet. I planned everything in Maya this morning, rotations and all and I ended up with a half knurl on one side after doing the curve on the bottom. So, I have to investigate that.
once again, they are crazy complex to do, I'm doing my best and I'm getting close but still no promises, and no promises on a dirt cheap price if I manage to do them properly
ok, so, first off, I had to turn a new centering CM2 thingy for my rotating table so I could have a long rod going through it and avoid working with short length and waste material. Aluminium instead of steel, but it still does the job and it is more practical now
doing the curve on the bottom of the part, crazy setup here, can't see everything but the head of the mill is rotated 50°. the piece is chucked into the rotating table and held by my smaller mill vice to avoid vibrations, now it works well, but the vibrations were crazy before that even though it's just 6cm out of the chuck. This will be the maximum I can do in one go, 4 small knobs each time I think.
after that, putting it in the lathe for the next opperations:
my new phone is super cool for that, it has a "super macro" lens that works a charm, I couldn't do that with the camera when I tried yesterday
ok, and here is a comparison with a "good" resin casted knob. I think it will be an improvement
I hope you'll like it and I hope I can offer it!
cheers
worked a bit on prototping those damn minuscule adjusting knobs today again. We are getting closer even though it's still not fully opperational yet. I planned everything in Maya this morning, rotations and all and I ended up with a half knurl on one side after doing the curve on the bottom. So, I have to investigate that.
once again, they are crazy complex to do, I'm doing my best and I'm getting close but still no promises, and no promises on a dirt cheap price if I manage to do them properly
ok, so, first off, I had to turn a new centering CM2 thingy for my rotating table so I could have a long rod going through it and avoid working with short length and waste material. Aluminium instead of steel, but it still does the job and it is more practical now
doing the curve on the bottom of the part, crazy setup here, can't see everything but the head of the mill is rotated 50°. the piece is chucked into the rotating table and held by my smaller mill vice to avoid vibrations, now it works well, but the vibrations were crazy before that even though it's just 6cm out of the chuck. This will be the maximum I can do in one go, 4 small knobs each time I think.
after that, putting it in the lathe for the next opperations:
my new phone is super cool for that, it has a "super macro" lens that works a charm, I couldn't do that with the camera when I tried yesterday
ok, and here is a comparison with a "good" resin casted knob. I think it will be an improvement
I hope you'll like it
and I hope I can offer it! cheers
we can always open a joined account and you setup monthly wires to it (500/600€?), that will be the simplest solution I thinkI fear how much of my money will become yours in years to come.
cheers
OlivierC
Well-Known Member
I hope you don't play guitar, because he makes those tooI fear how much of my money will become yours in years to come.
we can always open a joined account and you setup monthly wires to it (500/600€?), that will be the simplest solution I think
cheers
Would save time as well.
If only it were that easy.ok then,
please don't take this the wrong way, I'm just making sure because I already had several people in the past that asked me this and didn't know where to find that button as it's hidden by default. If you already knew, I'm sorry
you can find the black button and its silver base under the front plate of the eumig, after disassembling it:
View attachment 1579182
when you disassemble it, you get that whole thing:
View attachment 1579183
this can then be put on my aluminium turned support, my support is not there to mimic the silver part of the button, it will be hidden by the actual Eumig button.
if you are missing this button completely, I guess this is something I could 3D print in resin, however, I would need a bit more people requesting it as I have so many other things that need to be done at the moment!
cheers
About 8-12 years ago I bought a built up macro from a friend. At the time we didn't know about the black knob, so mine doesn't have it.
I have replaced about everything, Jerry's most excellent multi-part resin lenses, etc.
Replaced into a box of parts more like it.
Perhaps someone else has a resin knob if you don't get to it.
I'll purchase the triangle now anyway
Hello guys,
I almost abandoned this morning after a few failures and 2 broken lathe carbide tips. (I broke 4 in total since I have the lathe...) but I have some good news now!
The Lenses focusins knobs are a GO!
I still need to find screws, which will not be easy I guess, but the machining is doable now that I figured out everything!
after doing the knurling and bottom curvature on the mill, there was still the issue of parting the small pieces from the rod and doing the bevel and clean face on the other side of the knob. that is what was super problematic this morning. I finally used the mill's chuck inside the lathe chuck to hold the very small semi-cylinder pieces properly, and i'm now able to turn each face clean and do a consistent bevel on each face!
here is the chuck in chuck action:
the first 4 prototypes:
and I now started on the actual run!
here are a few close ups (the lens is a cast and I think it's a bit shrunken, hence why the focusing knobs might seem a bit long on it.):
here comes the fun part!
The best I can do for those so far is 15€ a piece
that is 30€ for a set of 2 focusing knobs
I hope this is not too much, those are extremely tiny and super complex to do. I won't go into details and justify myself, but this is the actual amount it costs me to produce 50 of them. If there is a crazy interest in the next couple days for those, I can lower a bit the price by doing more right away. But this will be the cost for now
I'll update the main page with the official infos so it's up to date as well and everything is in one place.
I hope you guys will be happy that I'm able to offer those parts and that your macros will look shiny with those tiny jewels on top
cheers
I almost abandoned this morning after a few failures and 2 broken lathe carbide tips. (I broke 4 in total since I have the lathe...) but I have some good news now!
The Lenses focusins knobs are a GO!
I still need to find screws, which will not be easy I guess, but the machining is doable now that I figured out everything!
after doing the knurling and bottom curvature on the mill, there was still the issue of parting the small pieces from the rod and doing the bevel and clean face on the other side of the knob. that is what was super problematic this morning. I finally used the mill's chuck inside the lathe chuck to hold the very small semi-cylinder pieces properly, and i'm now able to turn each face clean and do a consistent bevel on each face!
here is the chuck in chuck action:
the first 4 prototypes:
and I now started on the actual run!
here are a few close ups (the lens is a cast and I think it's a bit shrunken, hence why the focusing knobs might seem a bit long on it.):
here comes the fun part!
The best I can do for those so far is 15€ a piece
that is 30€ for a set of 2 focusing knobs
I hope this is not too much, those are extremely tiny and super complex to do. I won't go into details and justify myself, but this is the actual amount it costs me to produce 50 of them. If there is a crazy interest in the next couple days for those, I can lower a bit the price by doing more right away. But this will be the cost for now
I'll update the main page with the official infos so it's up to date as well and everything is in one place.
I hope you guys will be happy that I'm able to offer those parts and that your macros will look shiny with those tiny jewels on top
cheers
MarcoCazares
New Member
I’ll be interested in four Knobs as well
