Alpha 6 Scope focus Wheel

ALL GONE and then some. The rest of you will need to wait till I see some feedback. And I have no plan to watch my printer for the unforeseeable future.

Sorry!



The Alpha 6 focus ring is hard to turn, if you are like me one of the first things you do is start looking for a ring to put on it. Well I am no scope guru and have no idea if any of the other brands would fit. I have a 3d printer and looked around for something pre-designed I could make work, one problem that showed up right now was none of them give measurements without downloading and making your own measurements...
I ended up designing my own and I think it works well. What I'd like to do is GIVE the first 4 people to ask one of my rings - FREE - NO cost to you CONUS ONLY. All I would like is for your opinion and suggested improvements. Like - should I use set screws instead of the clamping screw.
These are 150mm rings printed from PETG because it is more temperature stable then ABS and more flexible. The outer edge is 6mm wide and I now need to look back ans find the thread for adding a label.
You'll need to look at them here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3poz6rdjzdq7rur/20210308_084737.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/en0sm4rqdqsti3x/20210308_084817.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qxyuruamyhfs4bd/20210308_084747.jpg?dl=0
(way to much junk mail using the AGN method to add pictures)

The first person to choose not black can have their choice of the 4 other colors shown! 4 black is OK too.
Reply I want one and color, then if you are in the first 4; PM me your USPS address and an email and I should be able to get them out before week end.
I am going to make a 125mm version after I hear other ideas. Free? who knows. Probably need to ask for shipping.

Kerry


 
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Here's the deal, I just want to know what I could do to improve my first try. What better way than give a few away. I have some ideas but I'm waiting till the ones I sent out get there and I see what people have to say. Here is what I know so far; 150mm is a bit big and it will take some planning to mount a pointer if you want to use one. 100mm is way to small. 130mm is in work... Clamp screw vs soft point set screws? Damn set screws cost as much as the plastic. As I said before I have no idea if these can be used on other scopes, maybe Odoyle. The bumps in the center are made to fit an A6, not a simple circle.

I do not plan to spend a lot of time printing these, I'd need to charge way to much, it's a hobby.

That said the demand is higher than I expected so once I choose a version or two I do not mind if you ask to be on some kind of list for when I get to it. The cost won't be huge, it's not about the $$.

KC
 
Got mine in the mail today and just threw it onto the most convenient rifle carrying an Alpha 6.

Really effective in making the scope's OEM stiff side focus knob more pleasantly usable.

Thank you for all of your efforts on this! I am ready to purchase more. Would even be happy if they were only 3-4" in diameter as I don't need really fine graduations for distance marking tape. Only something to improve rotating the scope's stiff side focus knob.

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