
THey sell the used wire for scrap but I'm sure they'd give a foot or two for nothing. Another option, stop by a machine shop and ask if they have a Wire EDM. I have enough to blow out a few thousand scopes. They're too big to carry around, but holler if you need a source. We keep tanks of nitrogen to pressurize transmission lines and waveguides. Option 2 sounds cheaper when considering my time is pretty cheap. I could send the scope out and wait a year to get it back at significant cost or learn to do it myself. Also was wondering about purging with nitrogen also. Also I am going to buy a page book on this subject.Ĭan't be that hard. How do you get the Nitrogen back in the scope so it doesn't fog? Installing the little windshied wipers after it's full of humid air is pretty tedious, though. They are not as dangerous as you might think timid, can't punch thru good clothing, and not really agressive but if you do get bitten it can get very ugly in a hurry. Hehe I think any spider web would do, but for some reason that stuck in my head as the one they used as it was finer, thinner maybe? If you try it, be careful. I can imagine it would be a challenge to replace. I always just thought it was painted on or something. I wouldn't want the job of trying to get it in there straight though. I know an old fella who replaced his with a hair from his grand daughter. It's ' but I doubt you find a smaller spool of such a fine wire. I think that is what older scopes used? Also I'm sure you probably searched but this came up in the first few links. I'm too cheap to send this off to someone else when it looks like I can do the repair myself. I've got an old Redfield 12x that a fella gave me and it has broken crosshairs.
