As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
We were in the Thrift and I spotted these Binoluxe binoculars which I think are vintage 1960’s Japan. Suzi had checked them out, as had others with sweaty palms or something and the price tag was smeared, but Suzi said they were 3 bucks. I would have got them anyway as they were 10 x 50 binos and they were clear “as she explained to me”.
The problem was, someone had screwed the eye cups off. They either broke off or who knows what happened as I recall everything was metal on this stuff coming out of Japan.
So I thought, I would find a replacement as the front lens was jutting out like bug eyes and it was hard not to get a shadow in holding them away from your eyes when looking through them.
I looked on Ebay and the Chinamen were pricing at 13 bucks for one and ordering from China which was ridiculous. Amazon had them at 5 bucks, but who the heck knows if they would fit.
So the Holy Ghost gave me the idea for a rubber hose, so off to the farm store I went. Talked to Darrell and he didn’t know chit. Then up rolled the guy who looks like Santa Claus’ brother, Bodacious. He is good to us in using the fork lift to load things, and he thought for a bit and took off. I followed and lost him, but located him in the chair section and he was looking at the rubber things for under chair legs.
I looked at them and told him he was a genius. Apparently the Holy Ghost talks to someone else in town.
The size I purchased (I got two sizes but the one that works) on the Magic Sliders is 1 1/8th inches. Perfect fit.
I put them on, used a magic marker, and with the tip on the rubber, rotated it, and that is how I marked them.
Went outside with a cutting board and a Ginsu and it was perfect enough for me.
I do not think I will even have to Shoe Goo them into place as they are holding pretty good.
The top one you can not even see that it is not part of the bino. The bottom one shows the length I cut them at.
I could not see spending 13 to 26 bucks on a 3 dollar pair of binos. I got four of these sliders for under 3 bucks, I can still use the ends of the one I cut off, so am out nothing and have eye cups for this nice old set of binoculars.
As no one else has this type of fix online, it would probably work for microscopes too and whatever, I put it again here, in trusting people to donate and to make their lives better as sharing information is what this is all about.
Nuff Said
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