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Equipment & Gear => Scopes and Optics => Topic started by: buglebuster on July 11, 2014, 10:14:27 PM

Title: Home brew phone scope
Post by: buglebuster on July 11, 2014, 10:14:27 PM: Not having a spare $80 to spend on a phone skope at the moment I got to thinking... how hard could it be to make one? Went into the garage to find some sort of tube and came up with the perfect piece that already had a hole centered in the middle that fit snug on the eyepiece of my spotter. Took an old phone case and centered the hole over the camera and glued it down. Stuck it on the spotter and bam, phone skope!(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F07%2F12%2Fyqe6yne5.jpg&hash=550e9df24a34d4b74b54e1b411a2831be7c314ad)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F07%2F12%2F7eqe4u7e.jpg&hash=7af8fb209114d747880aae3e90f198224b817b06)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F07%2F12%2Fa5y9uma5.jpg&hash=b5c66be2b76d4282489e6f5ae713a89234455161)
Title: Re: Home brew phone scope
Post by: buglebuster on July 12, 2014, 03:24:42 PM: Re did the thing today, didn't like how it wasn't very snug on the eyepiece, an old scope cover worked great! I dabbed 4 drops of hot glue inside and smashed it down. It fits like a glove now! Just needs paint and it's ready.(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F07%2F13%2Febanyner.jpg&hash=66520350cb0943d5a9fa1a852a4fbe37c8c97acc)
Title: Re: Home brew phone scope
Post by: johnnyaustin44 on July 12, 2014, 05:03:47 PM: Sweet deal!! Yeah they are pretty spend and pretty simple :dunno:
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Post by: rb2506 on July 12, 2014, 08:28:22 PM: Great idea
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Post by: Biggerhammer on July 21, 2014, 05:52:31 AM: Hmmmmm. I'll have to give that a try with some old phone cases.
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Post by: jasnt on July 21, 2014, 08:00:14 AM: :tup:
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Post by: HawkCreek on July 21, 2014, 09:24:56 PM: Thats a pretty awesome DIY. I'm going to have to scrounge some parts to try this for myself.
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on July 22, 2014, 05:45:21 PM: I didn't have a phone case so I made one out of duct tape :tup:
Title: Re: Home brew phone scope
Post by: buglebuster on July 22, 2014, 06:26:22 PM: Quote from: deerhunter_98520 on July 22, 2014, 05:45:21 PM
I didn't have a phone case so I made one out of duct tape :tup:
Whatever works :tup: picked up my case at Walmart off the clearance rack for $7
Title: Re: Home brew phone scope
Post by: jason stevens on July 22, 2014, 06:32:17 PM: Now if you could figure out how to tie up a buck for me :chuckle:
Title: Re: Home brew phone scope
Post by: buglebuster on July 22, 2014, 09:18:20 PM: Quote from: jason stevens on July 22, 2014, 06:32:17 PM
Now if you could figure out how to tie up a buck for me :chuckle:
I'm working on it! :tup:
Title: Re: Home brew phone scope
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on July 23, 2014, 06:13:43 PM: Quote from: buglebuster on July 22, 2014, 06:26:22 PM
Quote from: deerhunter_98520 on July 22, 2014, 05:45:21 PM
I didn't have a phone case so I made one out of duct tape :tup:
Whatever works :tup: picked up my case at Walmart off the clearance rack for $7

I've looked at Walmart and all the have is iPhone cases
Title: Re: Home brew phone scope
Post by: mkcj on July 23, 2014, 06:24:00 PM: NICE! so for $80 dollars they're making about $79.25 on there product.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on July 24, 2014, 07:15:33 AM: Cool idea and easy design. Boy, is your wife going to be mad when she sees what you did to her phone! :yike:
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Post by: ghosthunter on July 24, 2014, 07:28:38 AM: Love it

Mcgyver :tup:
Title: Re: Home brew phone scope
Post by: cbond3318 on July 24, 2014, 08:01:37 AM: AWESOME! I built one too, only I used some sort of plastic bottle lid that fit my scope perfectly.

Dam the man and his overpriced widgets, ingenuity is free! :tup: