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Home brew phone scope
« 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!

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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2014, 05:03:47 PM »
Sweet deal!!  Yeah they are pretty spend and pretty simple  :dunno:

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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2014, 08:28:22 PM »
Great idea
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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #4 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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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2014, 08:00:14 AM »
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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #6 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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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2014, 05:45:21 PM »
I didn't have a phone case so I made one out of duct tape  :tup:
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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2014, 06:26:22 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

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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2014, 06:32:17 PM »
Now if you could figure out how to tie up a buck for me  :chuckle:

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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2014, 09:18:20 PM »
Now if you could figure out how to tie up a buck for me  :chuckle:
I'm working on it! :tup:

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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2014, 06:13:43 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
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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #12 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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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #13 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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Re: Home brew phone scope
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2014, 07:28:38 AM »
Love it

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