Looking for scope help

That is looking pretty good. I have been studing this part for some time know and you have captured what I have seen based on the exisiting reference material.

Alan
 
Scope clamp/mount:

I'm sure this has been researched to death. Has anyone looked into "clic support hanger clamps" ? Or maybe a variation of this type of tension hanger? They have the built in spacer which I found interesting. They are used in electrical, plumbing applications.

J
 
Yeah, I've looked at a bunch of those kind to DS72, but I don't think that's it. The piece as far as I can tell is a compression-style "clamp" that's squeezed to open. You can sort if tell this by noticing the "tabs" on the bottom are farther apart in the one closer to the flashtube, since the diameter of the gun barrel is wider closer to the breach. Still scouring, nothing yet...
 
Anyone have any new leads on this? I just started looking into this part today and this thread seems a really promising start.

I've sent off a few questions to some UK electrical engineers. Is this the last enduring mystery part of the ESB blaster?
 
More thoughts, I can't sleep for thinking about this part now :lol:

Could be an exhaust pipe hanger clamp?

Looking at Art's picture in post #5 it looks like there is a gap in the bottom of the ring at least on the front clamp on the flash tube.

I've been thinking the trapezoid shape is part of the clamp.
 
So far Shabad, I've looked at tons and tons of automotive clamps, pipe hangers, conduit clamps, plumbing clamps and photography equipment. I've yet to discover something close :( This part is obscure!
 
Ive seen that pinch clamp before. And im trying to remember where.

It seems like they were in the engine of my dads old car. A triumph TR7

On rubber hoses. We had to pinch them off to get to the spark plugs one time. I was only 12.

Isnt a triumph a british car? Im not saying that for sure that those would be totally acurate, but ive seen those on the inside of engines back in the late 70s early 80s working with my dad. Well he worked. i was playing space ninja AKA Jedi.

Thats where im starting:)
 
This is similar to the ones in my dads car, except the ones in his car look more like the pictures, and were a black spring steel.
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I remember because my hands were small, so he asked me to get it off. like this
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This one is closer
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Volvo
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This band clamp comes big enough for the barrell I _think_. 48mm
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I realize that these have two pinchers on one side, but im not convinced the original didnt either.

As for the caps, they look like bicycle or other nozzle caps. Which would be plastic and screw on to just about anything.
 
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Those look good stormrider! Great searching, I've seen so many clamps this week :lol:

I'm not sure if it's the right part (I still think it might be all one piece) but it definitely deserves to be followed up. I contacted that supplier and they only have the clamps with a max expanded diameter of 42.42mm in stock, the larger 45mm ones are obsolete. They have a minimum order of 1900 :eek: but would work with a minimum of 500. I didn't get into cost.

They offered to send me samples. I'll do that and we can see what they look like.
 
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Those are all the same kinds of clamps I've been seeing Storm! The "two pincher" one at the bottom is the closest, but.... I'm fairly convinced that the whole mount (apart from the molex bits) are one piece, not a clamp and "riser" as some have made. We'll find it eventually :D
 
This is what I believe the mount to look like. I think that the one used is this, with a plastic standoff attached.

Im not sure if they are truely one piece, or a plastic housing on a metal clamp, which is what I personally think, but i dont thinkt hey were fabricated to be part of it. i think its somethign used as a hose riser, to keep electrical lines off heated lines.

Heres the clamp as I see it. Correct me if im wrong.
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I'm still sold on the idea that the whole she-bang is a solid piece, at least up until the flat piece on the very top that folds over the front and back. Initially, I thought the "nibs" on the squeeze tabs were round too, but I'm more inclined to believe they're flat either rubber or plastic "caps" on them tabs.
 
I dont think its a solid piece. heres why:
1. Time/era. Making it (The clamp) out of plastic wont work, its got to be spring to be a compression clamp. That means machined. Not cast. You cant cast spring steel, at least not that I know of.
2. Weight. The weight of the thing would quadruple if the riser was steel. Again, weight = money.
3. Energy transfer. Why make a 1 piece mount? What are you raising away? Your either raising another tubing, or holding the tube away from something, usually for heat reasons. Solid metal would transfer, vibrate, etc. This is the weakest of the four arguments.
4. Mount being solid would stop the spring from flexing at all in almost 50% of the area, causing it to be a lot weaker, because allof the stress would be on the arms, where they thin out in order to overlap/wrap and be sprung. Again, not a good design. The ribs on the mount are to stabilize lateral movement, as well as horizontal. Otherwise it would be a solid piece. Because its 'ribbed' means they were keeping weight, and materials down while adding stability. The 'addition' of stability would difinitively stop it from flexing and defeat the purpose of a 360 spring clamp.

I would bet its a spring steel clamp, with holes in it, and the riser has tabs that fit into each hole. Its not glued, or it wouldnt flex properly. Now, i dont think that they scratch built it. I think its a piece, thats two parts, but probably doesnt come apart without breaking it.

*hammer*

Rebuttle? :)
 
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