I baked an eyepiece from black clay, then glued that to one end of the PVC pipe. Then I covered the pipe with a layer of clay and smoothed it up over the edges of the eyepiece so there was no seam. I textured the clay and added three sculpted swallows. Once the body was baked, I antiqued it with acrylic paint to bring out the texture.
Then it was time to start assembling everything. The glass magnifying lens was glued up to the eyehole on the inside of the scope. Then I gently put the mirrors and packing in. I epoxied the aluminum collar to the object chamber, then the bearing was pressed into the pipe (no glue was needed since the fit is so tight). Finally the aluminum collar was glued into the bearing.
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