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- From: mcd@ithaca.Eng.Sandy.Novell.COM (Mark Dakins)
- Subject: Re: ATM: tube materials?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.173333.2912@gateway.novell.com>
- Keywords: finderscope tube photocopy lens
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- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:33:33 GMT
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- In article <7742@public.BTR.COM> midkiff@btr.BTR.COM (Neil E. Midkiff midkiff@btr.com) writes:
- >
- >This may sound like a bizarre approach, and may not work given your lens
- >mounting cell from the photocopier, but have you considered flaring the
- >3" PVC tube at the objective end?
- >
- >I ran across a similar problem in making an 8 x 52 finder; the 52 mm
- >objective was just a trifle too large for 2" PVC tubing. So I "stretched"
- >the front end of the tube by softening it with heat and using an empty
- >wine bottle as a flaring tool.
- >
- >Boiling water wasn't hot enough to soften the PVC so I used cooking oil in
- >a pan with a deep-frying thermometer to check the temperature. CAUTION:
- >Take care, as with any kitchen work involving hot oil, to avoid burning
- >yourself. Also be sure not to set the oil on fire! This project is safer
- >than French fries, though, as there is no water to spatter, and since the
- >temperature is lower. I think 275 or 300 F should work for the PVC (sorry,
- >I don't remember the temperature I used) compared to 375 F for potatoes.
- >
- >For a 3" tube you may need a champagne bottle instead of the usual 750 ml
- >wine bottle. In this case, be *sure* to empty the bottle before using it
- >to flare the heated plastic tube!
- >
- >I hope this will work for you; if not, I hope others will find some
- >amusement in my story. Thanks for giving me a chance to share this
- >rather unorthodox solution to a problem similar to yours.
- >
- >-Neil
-
- CAUTION: If anyone is tempted to try this you should be aware that
- heating plastics enough to soften them has the potential for driving
- off some pretty nasty fumes. If I remember correctly vinyl-cloride
- is bad stuff. I don't recommend doing this but, if you must, don't
- do it in the kitchen and do wear a good respirator.
- Mark Dakins
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