Coming Together…
I want the scope to be removable, so I’m going to attempt to embed rare earth magnets…
To prepare for the magnets, I used my Dremel to carve out some indentions into the bottom of the scope. Then, I used pop sicle sticks to make a rough “form”, holding it in place with rubber cement…
I then used KwikWeld to make a base, and pressed the magnets into it. This was a VERY tricky task, since the magnets kept wanting to go together, and the metal in the KwikWeld also wanted to stick to the magnets. Once the KwikWeld began curing, it made it easier to get everything into position. After it hardened up a bit more, I removed the excess around the magnets so that their faces were clearly exposed…