DIY Night Vision Scope Build Part 1

Hello everyone today I would like to share with you how i build my night vision scope adapters. I start by using one of these 1/3 in security cameras. First I have to remove the IR filter from the camera before I can install it into the scope adapter. So I will disassemble the camera and I will show you how i do that now. You see the little purple glare there is the IR filter that is glued to the front of this camera chip. So I am gonna use a soldering iron to heat the filter up until it melts the glue and then I"ll pop that filter off. I have a soldering iron here with a wide flat tip and the temperature is set to 390. And i just rub this filter with this soldering iron until I have heated it up enough that the glue starts to melt. Okay so I got the filter removed and that was a fight, that glue was really holding it on there. it ended up coming off in little chunks and pieces. So once you get the filter off you will need to use like a q-tip that has some rubbing alcohol and clean what is left of that glue off of the glass lens that is left on there. Alrighty so I will go ahead and reassemble it and when I do reassemble it I am gonna be using a new lens. The lens is a size 16 or 16mm lens. Okay and that is what the camera will look like once we are using it we are not gonna use any of the other pieces that came with it and I will go ahead and check the fit into the part that I 3D printed the housing for it. It should fit pretty snug with a little bit sticking out. just like that. Alrighty the next step is gonna be to install this 4-pin connector into the camera housing. the first thing you have to do with this is get this nut pressed into the hex slot here on the camera housing. normally I use the end of a screw driver or something to press it in but I have done a few of these now and i want to try this. I have 3D printed a piece that will help me to drive that in I'll get it started by hand and I'll go ahead and press it the rest of the way in. That worked pretty good. this should screw down in there, YAP. Alrighty so the next step is gonna be to solder the 4 wires to this connector and get it ready to be hooked up to the camera. So I will set that up. Okay so I have prepped the power cable and power cable that goes to the camera with the signal wire. So the first thing I am gonna do here is twist the like colors together and tint them. Now I am gonna go through and trim them all of to where there about that long. About 3/16th and I'm gonna slide my precut heat shrink down over them. And that part of the harness is ready and I just need to pretin the connector. I'll be using pins 1,2 and, 3. Ill pretin those now. Pin 1 is gonna be Black. I hope you will be able to see this but... I need a little bit more on that one. Pin 2 is Red. And 3 is Yellow witch is the signal wire. Now I will just slide the heat shrink down over the connection. And hit them with a little bit of the lighter. And there is the connection all made up. For this to go through the nut I have to trim this knurling off. I do that just with a pocket knife. There it ready to go in. Then plug in the camera and then I like to put a little zip tie right here as a strain relief. Okay now so were ready for the final assembly of the camera section. when I print this I do not print the holes all the way through . I leave the bottom layer here solid. it is easier because of the way my printer prints it it never really comes out quite right. I always have to baby sit when it starts those holes so it is easier just to print it solid and then come back behind it and drill ti out. So what I use is one of these counter sink bits and a drill and I just kinda eyeball it and it will find the hole on it's one. and that is all it takes. That way I end up with a much cleaner bolt hole. So the way this goes on it should sit on the scope like this and this little strain relief right here will grab a hold of the wire and hold it in place. So you need to kinda eyeball that and place your zip tie. Right there looks good. And on the adapter part that goes onto the scope I'm using these little threaded insert. I imagine I should of probably printed one or drew one that took a hex nut but I had these inserts so this is what I am using . I'll probably have to make one with a hex nut for other people to use. These inserts just press in. And this is intended for this to be in this orientation on the scope where the slots are horizontal. So it will go together like that and then you will place the back cover on there and just make sure you don't pinch any wires. And there is the camera module all put together. And to hold it on the scope I have been using just a hose clamp normally just one hose clamp but this is all I had for right now. Stay tune for part 2 where I show you how to build the LCD screen. Thanks for watching please don't forget to comment rate and subscribe.

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Length: 15min 30sec (930 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 03 2017