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Determining the date of manufacture of the Hartmann Wetzlar binoculars
I've seen the lecture already - most interesting. I have cleaned everything but the adjustable ocular (outer) arm is worn internally and is no longer parallel on either on its mating surfaces - very soft aluminium. At present, I've reassembled half as a 300g "Wetzlar 58-and-a-half" 9x monocular... -
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Determining the date of manufacture of the Hartmann Wetzlar binoculars
thankyou. Can I disassemble to that stage without worrying about the optic 'train' when re-installed, or wil I have to be re-calibrating things? I do have the brass screw, and I see the ocular arms - or at least the lower one is just a round hole pushfit. Is the upper one meant to be the same... -
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Determining the date of manufacture of the Hartmann Wetzlar binoculars
thanks - here are a couple. You can see the aluminium arm is rounded out - I can probably use some liquid metal to improve that. But am I missing a washer of some description under the bolt head from the viewer end?? You can see a scrap of metal... These are all the parts I have. It all looks... -
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Determining the date of manufacture of the Hartmann Wetzlar binoculars
Another one for the beancounters.... new here but I've been lurking after making up some retro digiscoping equipment for a Fieldscope3 with a x40 eyepiece, trying out some 7x50 Marine Optricrons, and enjoying my 1970 8x32 Leitz Trinovids and comparing them to my mum's 10x25 Leica. I went to see...