Bruce | March 10, 2008
After boiling for a few seconds and placing the hot part on the pan, it shapes itself. I applied a little force with a towel to help shape it. You can see the curve. Now these two parts fit perfectly together. This was a failed attempt at gluing the PVC together with super glue…don’t waste [...]
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Bruce | March 10, 2008
Here I glued the inner part and lenses in. Note, these are the beveled lenses I got from eBay glued to the plexiglass ones that came with the kit. When the scope is lit up, it will give a very nice effect in the lenses now. I have to mold the PVC to fit the [...]
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Tags: Black, boiling water, curve, ebay, mold, periscope part, PVC, scope, water
Bruce | March 10, 2008
This is how I received the Black Periscope PVC kit. Will, it was all together and I cut it apart anyway. After cutting it apart, I trimmed all the pieces very closely. Above are the 2 plexiglass lenses, and bloew are some beveled lenses I got off eBay. The bevel lenses would fall through the [...]
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Tags: bevel, Black, diameter, ebay, glue, periscope part, PVC, super glue