Re: Uncollimated binoculars repairable?
- From: "Jan Owen" <janowen1z@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:35:21 -0700
"Stuart Levy" <s_levy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've got a pair of Meade 9x63 binoculars, bought a few years
> ago (on the spot at Astrofest in 2001), which have the advantage
> of having enough focus travel that I can use them with my
> nearsighted eyes without glasses.
>
> Unfortunately, after a few years' good service,
> they developed the great *disadvantage* of losing
> collimation -- the two eyes' views now point in different
> enough directions that they're unusable except as a monocular.
>
> I'm puzzled as to how this happened. Gentle shaking doesn't
> reveal any rattling inside. I don't think they were dropped
> (though hmm I did lend them for a bit at a later Astrofest,
> just before they flaked out...).
>
> Is this kind of thing repairable? Is it worth it for a $100
> pair of binocs? I can't see any way to get into these things,
> which seem to be coated with some rubberized stuff.
>
> Should I try some less-gentle shaking, with a hammer maybe,
> or just discard them?
>
> Thanks for any advice
>
> Stuart in (at last, sunny!) Champaign, IL
See if this helps:
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