Homebuilt Devices

Homebuilt devices are those that use a housing made by an individual rather than one produced commercially. These housings can be made from off the shelf materials, convert replica units into real ones, be 3d printed or use any other method of machining. These housings can be customised to fit the exact needs of the user, often at a significantly lower cost than that of commercial housings. In addition to housings, other equipment such as J arms, mounts, image intensifier boots, display stands and lens caps can be home built.

History

• In 2013, user MattGyver92 released his instructions on how to build a night vision scope from an EEV P8079HP Gen. 1 cascade night vision tube. The instructions contain a link to the (now defunct) website Starlight NV UK selling old night vision tubes.
• In 2016, user MarkusA380, inspired by MattGyver92's work, started working on a 3D printable design for a night vision monocular using a Gen. 2 XX1306 tube he obtained from Starlight NV UK. His continous work culminated in the OS-NV-2 night vision project available for download on Thingiverse.
• In 2020, user OneTäpik obtained a XX1306 tube from MarkusA380, building his own OS-NV-2. He then started developing his own devices, with the Täpik Housing being the first homebuilt monocular compatible with MX-10160 image intensifiers. The 3D files and build kits of the latest, further developed version can be purchased on his store.
• Inspired by the work of OneTäpik, the user Radio Active started developing his own 3D printable monocular housing design in 20XX, the LNVG-M, which is published on Thingiverse.

List of Designs

Housings

• Täpik Housing (OneTäpik)
• LNVG-M (Radio Active)
• PVS-69

Mounts

• Warthog (MarkusA380)