Eyepiece case

[BramHuntingNematodes]

Henry Lomb was a cabinetmaker, and so am I at times. I cobbled together this little box from a piece of firewood I identified as from a sycamore tree. It is made to fit some of my extra eyepieces.








As you can see the mechanism is quite simple. A painted sheet of perforated plywood rests on these corner blocks, and the eyepieces fit through the holes. I think a hinged glass lid might be a good finisher.

[dtsh]

Looks good. I occasionally engage in some wood butchery; microscopy-ish related I made a case to hold my pinned flies. Nothing fancy, but utilitarian.

[Greg Howald]

Nice job Bram . I made mine in a drawer. I bought some of that tubular foam pipe insulation and made compartments to hold each eyepiece. It looks nice but in time, it doesn't have enough space for the eyepieces I have now acquired. Simple is usually better. Greg

[apochronaut]

The thought of burning Sycamore wood makes me shudder.

[grgh4]

Very good job on the dovetail joints, and you cobbled these together?

[BramHuntingNematodes]

Oh sure. I do dovetails the old fashioned way, which is to say I favor speed over neatness so they are freehanded mostly. A 1 inch Forstner bit makes a perfect hole for an eyepiece (1-1/4 for 30mm).

I recently made a pair of stages, one from cherry and the other a laminate of plywood and sheet aluminum. Works ok.