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Posted: 4/20/2024 12:49:37 AM EDT
It all starts with a Ill build a scratch built digital binos.
Then its I can improve on that and build a better version.. now I have a mx 10160 tube on the desk and trying to figure a way to get funds for a second. Now I have friends and Fam asking me to build for them as well. Man I wish tubes were cheaper.  First version. Second that runs off a CR123A or 18650 battery pack.  And yes that's 3d printed. |
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Posted: 4/20/2024 12:53:24 AM EDT
[Last Edit: mancow]
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Yup, no joke. I 3D printed a housing for a FLIR Photon for the front of my Gladiator then integrated it to the backup cam screen. It's the shit having thermal while driving. Now I'm looking for higher resolution cores all the time.
 That looks like a fuzzy skin print off a Bambu. What material is it? Huh, apparently this is post 31k of mine. |
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Posted: 4/20/2024 1:01:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancow: Yup, no joke. I 3D printed a housing for a FLIR Photon for the front of my Gladiator then integrated it to the backup cam screen. It's the shit having thermal while driving. Now I'm looking for higher resolution cores all the time. That looks like a fuzzy skin print off a Bambu. What material is it? Huh, apparently this is post 31k of mine. Its MFJ printed. cannot beat the strength and heat resistance of it.. and lenses oh looking at Carson man its never ending! Looking at COTIs now. Or building a thermal tube in mx10160 profile so it can be dropped in. |
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Posted: 4/20/2024 1:04:29 AM EDT
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It's faint, but sometimes I hear panos calling to me.
No, it's probably just the wind. $40,000+ wind . . . |
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Posted: 4/20/2024 1:06:02 AM EDT
[Last Edit: HDLS]
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Moon was out, goons were out
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Posted: 4/20/2024 1:06:18 AM EDT
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How much $$$ do you save printing housings and assembling the units yourself?
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Posted: 4/20/2024 1:08:36 AM EDT
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More stuff I can't have.
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Posted: 4/20/2024 1:10:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fushaw: How much $$$ do you save printing housings and assembling the units yourself? With digital, my first build it was around $1100. But the way its made you can pop out the digital and pop in an analog tube. So it is upgradeable. Uses pvs14 lenses. |
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Posted: 4/20/2024 1:54:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fat_McNasty: Its MFJ printed. cannot beat the strength and heat resistance of it.. and lenses oh looking at Carson man its never ending! Looking at COTIs now. Or building a thermal tube in mx10160 profile so it can be dropped in. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fat_McNasty: Originally Posted By mancow: Yup, no joke. I 3D printed a housing for a FLIR Photon for the front of my Gladiator then integrated it to the backup cam screen. It's the shit having thermal while driving. Now I'm looking for higher resolution cores all the time. That looks like a fuzzy skin print off a Bambu. What material is it? Huh, apparently this is post 31k of mine. Its MFJ printed. cannot beat the strength and heat resistance of it.. and lenses oh looking at Carson man its never ending! Looking at COTIs now. Or building a thermal tube in mx10160 profile so it can be dropped in. Oh well shit. Yea, that is bad ass. Beats the hell out of my ASA FDM shit all day long. 
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Posted: 4/20/2024 2:02:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancow: Oh well shit. Yea, that is bad ass. Beats the hell out of my ASA FDM shit all day long. I have it setup so when the pods are in the stow position it powers off. and when flipped down powers back on again. Done via a slip ring on the bridge to pod connection. |
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Posted: 4/20/2024 2:04:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fat_McNasty: I have it setup so when the pods are in the stow position it powers off. and when flipped down powers back on again. Done via a slip ring on the bridge to pod connection. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fat_McNasty: Originally Posted By mancow: Oh well shit. Yea, that is bad ass. Beats the hell out of my ASA FDM shit all day long. I have it setup so when the pods are in the stow position it powers off. and when flipped down powers back on again. Done via a slip ring on the bridge to pod connection. Fuckin A. This makes me hard. |
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Posted: 4/20/2024 3:26:19 AM EDT
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I'm with ya, but thinking the next step for me is thermal
Shopping around an Iray but worried I already have too much invested in stupid shit I'll never use  |
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Posted: 4/20/2024 4:28:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fat_McNasty: With digital, my first build it was around $1100. But the way its made you can pop out the digital and pop in an analog tube. So it is upgradeable. Uses pvs14 lenses. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fat_McNasty: Originally Posted By Fushaw: How much $$$ do you save printing housings and assembling the units yourself? With digital, my first build it was around $1100. But the way its made you can pop out the digital and pop in an analog tube. So it is upgradeable. Uses pvs14 lenses. You could probably sell those as kits. |
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Posted: 4/20/2024 4:31:13 AM EDT
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Looked through some friends' PVS-14 and thought it was cool. Dove in head first wanting the best (or close to) and got DTNVGs with L3 unfilmed white phos tubes.
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Posted: 4/20/2024 4:35:50 AM EDT
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I'll never be as cool as you guys... Afraid of drugs and can't afford nightvision!
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Posted: 4/20/2024 7:26:15 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Yojimbo]
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Originally Posted By Fat_McNasty: It all starts with a Ill build a scratch built digital binos. Then its I can improve on that and build a better version.. now I have a mx 10160 tube on the desk and trying to figure a way to get funds for a second. Now I have friends and Fam asking me to build for them as well. Man I wish tubes were cheaper. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14562/IMG_1232_JPG-3093533.jpg First version. Second that runs off a CR123A or 18650 battery pack. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14562/IMG_1438_JPG-3193004.jpg And yes that's 3d printed. @Fat_McNasty That’s really cool. You’ve gotten my attention. What type of 3d printer are you using and where can we find more info on DIY NVG? Roughly much would cost to make a monocular with a PVS14 white phosphor tube? |
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Posted: 4/20/2024 7:33:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Yojimbo: @Fat_McNasty That’s really cool. You’ve gotten my attention. What type of 3d printer are you using and where can we find more info on DIY NVG? I sent the STL files out to a overseas business that does the Multi Jet Fusion printing. Its surprising inexpensive.  What is Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) and How Does it Work? and do a google search on PVS-69. I did a build thread a few months ago. It might be the archive now. @Yojimbo. |
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Posted: 4/20/2024 8:23:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WTFShane: Looked through some friends' PVS-14 and thought it was cool. Dove in head first wanting the best (or close to) and got DTNVGs with L3 unfilmed white phos tubes. Credit cards can be dual purpose. |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 11:27:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CharlesRyan: Credit cards can be dual purpose. yes sadly! |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 11:52:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HDLS: Moon was out, goons were out https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/367483/IMG_8777-3189082.jpg |
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Posted: 4/23/2024 12:00:41 AM EDT
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Wait 'til thermal
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