Wanted: Plastic Cases for Leica\Wild M50 M60 M65 Objectives

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atariwarrior
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Wanted: Plastic Cases for Leica\Wild M50 M60 M65 Objectives

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I have several Leica\Wild stereo objective lens that I bought from EBay over the years that did not come with a plastic protective case. These lens have the M50, M60, and M65 connection thread on the objectives.

Does anyone know where I can get some used cases to fit these lens?

Has anyone come up with any DIY ways of making cases?

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3D print?

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Out of curiosity I looked around for some possibilities. Old 35mm slide boxes? One could maybe glue a threaded mount to the lid. Did not see any that would be tall enough. How about the containers that are used to store objective lenses? Those will have the threaded mount already in the lid. Surpisingly I did not see any on eBay that did not also come with a lens. Maybe they are around somewhere else.
It should be easy enough to get centrifuge tubes. The standard polypropylene 50mm conical centrifuge tube seems like a good option, though a bit too tall but still they would work if you can again fix a threaded mount to the inside of the lid. Anyway, here are some: https://www.ebay.com/itm/15ml-or-50-ml- ... Bs2vj3NQAw
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Maybe...
https://www.thorlabs.de/newgrouppage9.c ... p_id=11674
Or https://www.scientificimagingcompany.co ... -lens-case
Or https://benzmicroscope.com/products/mic ... -pack-of-4

I just did a google search for "Objective lens container' and got lots of hits. Those are just a few.
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