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22-07-2007, 08:36am
Yes I looked at that option.
The shaft is stainless with 40mm long thread on the top end to screw into the scope mount + a "skirt support" to help support the side loading on the thread & the bottom has a female thread with a screw-in end cap which is a little larger than the shaft dia to stop the weights sliding off the end if the grub screw in the actual weight comes loose. I was thinking I could just cut the shaft in the middle & stick a bit in. But then I would need to find the exact same size SS rod, + I'm not 100% sure what grade of SS the shaft is, which means if I chose the wrong type of SS electrode to weld it together the joints would be weak & most likely break.
So out of the 2 options I figured making an extra weight would be easier as they are just plain old carbon steel. And I don't really want to take the chance of the shaft breaking & weights falling off when I'm using the scope. If they fell off while in use, the scope would most likely topple over & as you see it in the photo above has cost me $10k. So I wouldn't want to see it lying on it's side on the ground.
It's so damn frustrating not having the gear to do stuff. I moved to Melb with almost no tools etc. I'm renting now, but move into my own house in Oct. After that I'll do a run to Bris & load up my stuff from the shed. I've got everything i need to do the work, but it's all in Bris.
The shaft is stainless with 40mm long thread on the top end to screw into the scope mount + a "skirt support" to help support the side loading on the thread & the bottom has a female thread with a screw-in end cap which is a little larger than the shaft dia to stop the weights sliding off the end if the grub screw in the actual weight comes loose. I was thinking I could just cut the shaft in the middle & stick a bit in. But then I would need to find the exact same size SS rod, + I'm not 100% sure what grade of SS the shaft is, which means if I chose the wrong type of SS electrode to weld it together the joints would be weak & most likely break.
So out of the 2 options I figured making an extra weight would be easier as they are just plain old carbon steel. And I don't really want to take the chance of the shaft breaking & weights falling off when I'm using the scope. If they fell off while in use, the scope would most likely topple over & as you see it in the photo above has cost me $10k. So I wouldn't want to see it lying on it's side on the ground.
It's so damn frustrating not having the gear to do stuff. I moved to Melb with almost no tools etc. I'm renting now, but move into my own house in Oct. After that I'll do a run to Bris & load up my stuff from the shed. I've got everything i need to do the work, but it's all in Bris.