Lens rubber .?

[dean069]

Hi guys, can you tell if you buy the rubber that goes around the eye piece. The top piece that you look though 

thanks 

Dean 

[Ian McCallum]

There's always eBay.😉

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1311&_nkw=rubber+eye+cups&_sacat=0

[Don Pensack]

35 minutes ago, dean069 said:

Hi guys, can you tell if you buy the rubber that goes around the eye piece. The top piece that you look though 

thanks 

Dean 

If you mean the rubber eyecup at the top, then yes.  Often the mfr or importer will have spares and there are also after-market sources.

You just have to shop for them--maybe make calls.  In the US, AgenaAstro.com and Scopestuff.com.  I'm sure there are UK sources as well.

eBay is probably a decent source, as has been suggested.  You would buy by diameter--there is no standard size.

 

If you mean the rubber gripper band that goes around the outside of the upper barrel, then no.  It is very rare for an importer to have spares.  Maybe TeleVue.

One possible solution is some thick o-rings, stacked in a set of 3 or 4.  You could get the size that would be snug, and the groove in the eyepiece would hold them in place,

and they'd have this cool '50s modern, space age sort of look.  That would look nicer than a rubber band of the right size and width.

Edited October 3, 2021 by Don Pensack

[dean069]

Yes mate the piece that you look though 

 

thanks I’ve found it 

 

thanks 

Edited October 3, 2021 by dean069

[Don Pensack]

Sure, there are two names for it:

Rubber eyecup

Rubber eyeguard

[jock1958]

1 hour ago, Ian McCallum said:

There's always eBay.😉

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1311&_nkw=rubber+eye+cups&_sacat=0

Yeh bought some off fleabay for my celestron 26mm plossl’s, not the best quality but they do the job.