NATO Mount for Spotting Scope

Experimental NATO/Picatinny Mount for Spotting Scope.

Unvalidated, untested, untried.

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Experimental NATO/Picatinny Mount for Spotting Scope.

Unvalidated, untested, untried.

Development Comments

The quick release mechanism works OK, even with a printed cross-dowel instead of the originally intended metal one.

Printing on an FDM printer, the cable tie channels are overhanging and came out untidy and very difficult to clean up. Should not be an issue with laser-sintering, but for FDM it would be better to split the attachment block into two parts.

It also seems there should be a way to tension the cable ties fully after they have snapped into the tightest achievable ratches. This calls for a small wedge of sorts.