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Skalkaho Oldtimer Offline Posts: 787 Location: Montana Joined: Sep 29^th, 2006	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #15 - Jan 27^th, 2019 at 11:13am	Print Post
	Nice catch Jack!......

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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #16 - Jan 27^th, 2019 at 12:14pm	Print Post
	bpjack wrote on Jan 27^th, 2019 at 10:39am: I was surprised at how heavy the scope is. Must be fairly thick walled brass tube. Jack That surprised me, too, first time I picked one up. Since all previous scope tubes had been steel, going back to the time when they were constructed from soldered & reamed flat stock, I wonder why in the early '30s, all these brass tube scopes suddenly appeared. With respect to Wollensak, brass would have been their metal of choice because their main products--spyglasses, binoculars, microscopes, cameras, & especially camera lenses--were all products using brass tubes, barrels, & other fittings.


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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7271 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #17 - Jan 27^th, 2019 at 2:42pm	Print Post
	Chuckster wrote on Jan 27^th, 2019 at 10:17am: Frank, Are all those scopes made with the five lens system we discussed several years ago? Chuck Yes, they all have 4 lenses in the ocular cell and one objective lens. I've boosted one of mine with a 470mm FL objective lens to give it 12X. The FOV is small but, usable. I'm sure the FOV is on par with any long 12X scope, of olden days. The brightness is OK, too. Frank

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7271 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #18 - Jan 27^th, 2019 at 2:52pm	Print Post
	bpjack wrote on Jan 27^th, 2019 at 10:39am: Frank I was surprised at how heavy the scope is. Must be fairly thick walled brass tube. Jack The brass tube is .032, there is another 6.81 long, .032 wall tube, inside of it, that holds the ocular and erector lenses, plus many brass spacers and a "stop" (disk with small hole). A fairly thick walled X-hair holder and the objective lens holder is also another brass tube that extends back to the parallax adjustment. So, there is lots of stuff, inside the tube. Frank

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Chuckster Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2232 Location: Colorado Joined: May 15^th, 2008	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #19 - Jan 28^th, 2019 at 10:56pm	Print Post
	Frank, Thank you. Still not sure I have figured out the optics but, obvious, works very well. Learned a great deal about scopes and optics from discussions with Frank. Chuck


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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7271 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #20 - Jan 29^th, 2019 at 1:28am	Print Post
	Chuck, Thank you for your kind words. All I can tell you about this 4 lens ocular system, is that they use 3 lenses and a stop, those first 3 lenses, extend the focus to the 4th lens. That 4th lens, has a 39mm FL. The DCX 39mm FL lens, focuses on the X-hairs and on the other side, the stop. The other 3 lenses, create the exit pupal and eye relief and focus on the stop. The FL's over lap on the first 3 lenses and their FL's are all 52mm +/- 2mm. Frank

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Skalkaho Oldtimer Offline Posts: 787 Location: Montana Joined: Sep 29^th, 2006	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #21 - Jan 29^th, 2019 at 2:42pm	Print Post
	Now we have to contend with Jack in the heat of competition with his new brass scope,of which the reflection off the Sun will give Jack another advantage.....is that A smile I detect? Back to my shop to make sawdust......

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2774 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #22 - Jan 30^th, 2019 at 7:31pm	Print Post
	Gave me an idea Pete. Chrome plated Lyman Super Targetspot:) Jack

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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #23 - Jan 30^th, 2019 at 8:11pm	Print Post
	The old Nickel plated finish would be more appropriate and just as distracting.

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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #24 - Jan 30^th, 2019 at 9:09pm	Print Post
	Do your cells have a sloppy enough fit that they will slip back into the tube body after the plating has been done?

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2774 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #25 - Jan 30^th, 2019 at 10:20pm	Print Post
	Good point BP. Looks like Frank has it covered with his converted scope anyway. Jack

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16111 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #26 - Jan 30^th, 2019 at 11:58pm	Print Post
	JLouis wrote on Jan 30^th, 2019 at 8:11pm: The old Nickel plated finish would be more appropriate and just as distracting. I doubt you'd even notice the nickel finish when your cheek is planted, and you're looking down the tube of the scope. I have an old Lyman scope that the eyepiece is nickeled, and never seen another like it. But when I'm sighting through it I don't even notice the nickel, and can't see the rest of the scope if it were nickeled.

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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #27 - Jan 31^st, 2019 at 11:15am	Print Post
	Marlinguy I was thinking in terms of distracting the others sort of like the glare coming of a signal mirror. Someone else I believe was joking about this and I just jumped onto his same theme. All though the part of the old Nickel finish would hold true to being more period correct than what chrome might do.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16111 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #28 - Jan 31^st, 2019 at 11:28am	Print Post
	Even more reason to have it nickeled! Might be just the edge needed to outshoot your adjacent competitors!

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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: eBay find.. Wollensak 4x scope Reply #29 - Jan 31^st, 2019 at 12:32pm	Print Post
	JLouis wrote on Jan 31^st, 2019 at 11:15am: All though the part of the old Nickel finish would hold true to being more period correct than what chrome might do. "Period correct" on a item that was originally enameled?


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