DIY outdoorsman Bino adapter

[rm06]

I love threads like these, well done

 

[SneakyThunderCat]

This is wonderful. Took me 5 mins! Thanks for sharing

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[RRJ]

Thanks for the tip

 

[Leroy91]

Slick. I think I will try this as well.

 

[jmike]

Thats way cool and a whole lot cheaper than buying new.

 

[Matthewjabell]

Well done

 

[180splitg3]

Awesome job! I need a bino tripod adaptor and wanted the quick disconnect but didn't want to pay for the outdoorsman adapter - nicely done I'm wondering if it will be easy to lose the knob on the adapter when you are out in the field and it is riding in your pack or whatever - could maybe use a push nut or something to keep the knob connected to the post...

 

[Elcy]

I made one of these for my son, so I had the same concern that he would lose the screw. I bought 2 extra for him to keep in his bag

 

[rino]

Call me crazy...but aren't the outdoorsman studs like $20 ?? Buy one and spend your time out hunting! Hard to beat the original.

 

[Nrolson2002]

Closer to $100 for the stud and adapter


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[Elcy]

Call me crazy...but aren't the outdoorsman studs like $20 ?? Buy one and spend your time out hunting! Hard to beat the original.

But how much is the stud and adapter?

I bought an off brand adapter on Amazon for $10, and the screws were less than $1 each at home depot, so for less than $15 and 1/2 hour of work I have a great mount for my son.

Also remember: this is the DIY forum, the whole idea is to make stuff, and the pride of creation

 

[Neumann]

I really like the outdoorsman bino adapter system. I have a vortex bino adapter but find screwing it in and out of bino’s kind of annoying. I wanted to buy the outdoorsman bino adapter but with just purchasing a new set of bino’s I’m kinda strapped for extra money right now. So my brain got to thinking, I can use what I have to make something similar!

I started off by taking the vortex bino adapter and removing the screw in part. Really easy just hold the black round spacer and unscrew it.

Next I cut the rod portion off where it meets the handle or screw part. Try to cut it as close to flush as possible to give yourself more rod to stick out of your binos.

Next I drilled and tapped the top of the adapter to 10-32 threads. I tried to center this as vertical and in the middle as I could.

I went to the hardware store and picked up a 10-32 threaded screw with a knob handle. I think I paid just over $2 for it. I cut the threaded portion shorter so it didn’t stick up as much out of the adapter. Then I threaded it on.

Screw the threaded rod you cut off the handle from into you binos.

Now put the rod into the adapter and tighten the new knob you threaded and you are done!! Works great.

Thanks for looking!! The whole thing cost me less than a few dollars. Can’t wait to get the new Mavens and try the adapter out.


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I like it!! I actually just broke mine afew weeks back when I take it into work to weld up I’m going to do this as well!!

 

[16Bore]

Did a similar deal but threaded a hitch pin instead. Bearing keeps it in the receiver. Allows the binos to swivel.

 

[jmike]

I just built mine today, What a great idea.....

 

[16Bore]

 

[JAB-1308]

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how’d you get the right threading on it? Can you buy them like that? Let me know, keen to try this

 

[Newtosavage]

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Very clever!

 

[Carr5vols]

I tried to go as lightweight as possible, cut the big end off, and put pin in it.

 

[mmeyer214]

Just got mine done yesterday worked amazing!

 

[STANGFEVER]

Great trick, going to try it on my set up.