Old broken Suunto surveying equipment

[Logismos]

Hey all,
Does anyone have any suggestions of what to do with this old trad surveying gear I have ended up with? They are all pretty broken, fogged up and/or muddy.
I have access to a workshop and tools to do most things, but I can't work out any way to access the internals and clean them without destroying them.
Open to any ideas from recycling to repairing - I'm just looking for anything better than throwing them in general waste.

 

[Pitlamp]

Have you considered asking Suunto UK for advice?

I have a vague memory of someone asking a similar question on here a long while ago, so it might be worth a bit of a search?

 

[Fjell]

This is the one I have heard of:

Returns & Repairs

Returns & Repairs

www.forestry-suppliers.com

It‘s pretty much impossible to mend the cartridges, I looked into it. It would be easier to buy a secondhand one on Ebay.

 

[alastairgott]

Repurpose as a steampunk light-emitting necklace?

Or the metal bit as a base for a very small snowglobe?

Or one of those really annoying puzzles that you have to get 9 ball bearings into 9 sockets?

Or a rather large keepsake/lockett?
On the same vain/vein/vane (sp?) a makeup thing? With mirror?

A base for a pen holder?
A paperweight?
A soap dish?
Join them all together to make a painters mixing palate?

 

[cavemanmike]

Mount them on a frame as a piece of retro art, i actually think that would look rather smart 😉😉

 

[Badlad]

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It‘s pretty much impossible to mend the cartridges, I looked into it. It would be easier to buy a secondhand one on Ebay.

Ditto, I had some which were damaged and contacted Suunto. Nothing worth doing to repair them I'm afraid. Put them on the scrap heap along with all those Disto Xs which can't be repaired either