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I have two eyepieces that have the clear plastic caps for the 1.25 end, but not cap on the exit end. Both are rubbery at the exit end and one is 33.7mm and the other is 35.7mm.
Can I get caps for this end of the eyepiece, or is there something else I could use?
As of yet I don't have anything to hold the eyepieces. When I change eyepieces, I'm finding it convenient to put the removed eyepiece in my pocket. I don't want to have an unguarded eyepiece in my pocket.
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Thread: I have no caps for eyepieces.
- 07-15-2017, 02:45 AM #1
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I have no caps for eyepieces.
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- 07-15-2017, 02:55 AM #2
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Re: I have no caps for eyepieces.
You can search on ebay under eyepiece caps for a variety of sizes or get some singular bolt cases from scopestuff.com
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- 07-15-2017, 03:01 AM #3
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Re: I have no caps for eyepieces.
Also agenaastro.com sells lots of different EP caps.
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Re: I have no caps for eyepieces.
I did look for some caps and found the standard caps that fit on the exterior and interior of an eyepiece, but nothing that looked like it would fit the rubber end of an eyepiece. I will look up those suggestions.
I even thought of the old gray plastic film canister with the black plastic top. Years ago there was an unusual purpose, that I don't remember, for those canisters that people wanted them for. In a few places you could actually by the canisters separately.Orion Apex 102mm Mak, Celestron 6x30 finder, Orion 90* prism diagonal, 45* erecting prism diagonal, Celestron straight through porro prism, Tele Vue 1.8x Barlow, 25mm 52* Super Plossl eyepiece, SVBONY 23mm 62* Aspheric eyepiece, 8.5mm Konig eyepiece
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Re: I have no caps for eyepieces.
Those film canisters were sometimes used to modify a webcam for planetary AP and then fit into a standard 1.25" focuser.
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Agena sells many different sizes of caps and are sold according to their size in millimeters.
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Re: I have no caps for eyepieces.
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- 07-15-2017, 03:51 AM #7
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Re: I have no caps for eyepieces.
Thanks Ozman. Now I'm finding various eyepiece cases. Just have to look them up by the right name.
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- 07-15-2017, 03:56 AM #8
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Re: I have no caps for eyepieces.
You will find a lot of us use this as an eyepiece case. Just make sure the foam is in it. Sometimes it's missing.
https://www.harborfreight.com/catalo...ank%2Cf&q=case
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- 07-15-2017, 04:44 AM #9
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Re: I have no caps for eyepieces.
Looks like some inexpensive but handy boxes. Really good.
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Re: I have no caps for eyepieces.
One thing people used them for (and still do) are to make inexpensive collimation caps for their newtonian scopes. Originally Posted by harryhh TheFatKitty likes this.Alan || My DSO Blog:
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