Looking for a laser for hollowing

[Andy Chen]

Ordered a monitor and that camera.
It only needs me to hook up a 12VDC wall adapt or PSU, of which I have several laying around and I gotta get a Male RCA to Female RCA coupler ( $0.75). I had them hooked up and running. This is going to work great.
For just a shade over $50 I'm going to have nuclear powered X-RAY vision. Thanks for sharing.

I am glad it worked out for you, Raul.

 

[Dennis J Gooding]

Screw size?

There are so many of these systems out there that they will make your head spin, Raul. The one you showed here seems like would require more work to come up with a mounting system. The one I bought (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005C76ZXC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00) is easily adaptable to lathe mounting. Like I said there are so many of these out there and here is another one that seems to have similar specs, http://www.amazon.com/Dragonpad-Rea...1442765125&sr=1-14&keywords=car+backup+camera but even cheaper.

As I posted earlier the camera I bought was from B&H, http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=swann+ads-120&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ps. Amazon carries the same item but their price fluctuates. It is focusable, unlike all the cameras that come in the car backup systems. Be careful with the screw on the lens barrel because it has a tendency to shake loose from the vibration as you turn. It is impossible to find that tiny metric screw once it ends up in the shavings. (Don't ask me how I know it.🙁 ) This camera comes with a 12 V power supply that you can use on both the camera and the monitor.

The monitor comes with a plastic protective film and if you don't remove it you can trace the outline of the cutter on it directly.

Just a precaution, once you get the system set up and running, be sure to periodically retract you boring jig out of the hollow form and make sure you tracing still superimposes your cutter.

Andy, despite your warning, I managed to lose the lens screw. Do you know what size it is?

 

[Bill Boehme]

Andy, despite your warning, I managed to lose the lens screw. Do you know what size it is?

Here's a sad tune while you sift through the shavings and dust.

 

[Andy Chen]

Andy, despite your warning, I managed to lose the lens screw. Do you know what size it is?

Sorry to learn that you lost that tiny screw, Dennis. No, I have not tried to find out the screw size and I probably won't bother. For one thing it is more difficult to find the thread size if you have only the female part. And even if I found out and got a crew to match, the same thing is likely to happen again. I am going to use either Teflon tape to wrap the lens barrel (after removing the lens) or Loctite (probably purple) on the thread. (The objective is to take the slack out of the threads so that it wouldn't loosen with vibration.) If that doesn't solve the problem I'll just bore that hole larger and put a 4-40 set screw in it.

 

[Dennis J Gooding]

Sorry to learn that you lost that tiny screw, Dennis. No, I have not tried to find out the screw size and I probably won't bother. For one thing it is more difficult to find the thread size if you have only the female part. And even if I found out and got a crew to match, the same thing is likely to happen again. I am going to use either Teflon tape to wrap the lens barrel (after removing the lens) or Loctite (probably purple) on the thread. (The objective is to take the slack out of the threads so that it wouldn't loosen with vibration.) If that doesn't solve the problem I'll just bore that hole larger and put a 4-40 set screw in it.

Thanks Andy. My temporary solution was to wrap a piece of electricians tape around the lens carrier and the camera body to hold them firmly together after focusing the lens.