Want to buy: Pilot light lens cap

Sound like they need to build a mold to make them.

How about making one with 3D printer?

linnix schrieb:

Hello,

well, if the surface quality of the parts from the 3D printer is sufficient. The voxel size might be a problem at the thread.

Bye

For $320/per, I'm tempted to offer the same deal and make them by hand!

Like Tim said, you can always fix/polish it by hand. 3D printing should give the base frame to work on. Perhaps, they are doing it for $320 each.

Actually the best way to do this for a handful of them is probably to make a mold out of aluminum or brass ('cause it's easy to machine), cast them out of optically clear epoxy ('cause you can do it at room temperature by hand), then thread each one as a post-molding process.

About the only special piece of equipment you should need would be a vacuum pump to pull the bubbles out of the mix before you cast the parts.

I probably have 2 or 3 buried somewhere. However, if you want to pick an choose, do an image search for "5/8 pilot light lens". The first few look like they'll lead to a better source of parts such as:

Suggest the cheapest source is to buy old Heathkit oscilloscopes. Unscrew the oscilloscope from the pilot light lens and discard.

--sp

Perhaps this would work for you? It has a metal threaded part, and the listing doesn't give the sizee. A phone call or email might get more info.

Cheers, Dave M

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I know a place that may have one or two large boxes of complete lamp socket assemblies and possibly a bag of lenses. They are removed from equipment

being retrofitted, and might be available or cheap. They are mostly red and amber, perhaps a few green and white.

Or you can order single pieces rom Allied for $0.39 each, any color you want except black:

HTH,

Paul

More colors available at Allied:

Lots of other sources:

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