Ach! Are there nae Scotsmen here?
Take the cheapest flashlight you can find and drop it where you want to focus.
If you need some tilt for your focus, stretch a string of Christmas lights.
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Ach! Are there nae Scotsmen here?
Take the cheapest flashlight you can find and drop it where you want to focus.
If you need some tilt for your focus, stretch a string of Christmas lights.
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Lone Star ticks are also vectors of alpha-gal syndrome. The tick transmits a sugar molecule called alpha-gal. The result is an allergy to red meat.
Charley
FYI: Freestyle shows out-of-stock until 12/31/22.
B+H says my back-ordered (from 6/21) 1 quart Diafine package will arrive Thursday, 2/24/22. $29.95.
Charley
Jim Galli does a lot of this. You might check with him.
Charley
Had a buyer of a $10 item suddenly pay up 2-3 weeks late. Said he had had a heart attack......
If it's a cheap enough item, hang out for a bit. Keep sending courteous reminders.
Charley
Agreed. Used to be a good place to learn and share. Now, even Jim Galli gets banned.
Charley
There are some that are capable of holding film or glass plates. These will generally have a lever (auswerfer) on the side to push the plate out of the holder. They're somewhat thicker than regular...
My feelings, exactly. As you say, times change, people change.
There used to be a certain camaraderie amongst the casual sellers, e.g., Jim, myself, eddie (Gunks), Andy (C.P.Goertz/Dagor77) and...
Short of immortality, the best I can think of is to leave a list of titles, descriptions and photos for auctions.
Charley
The price of a education can be dear.
Charley
No experiments today - out of town.
Crazy glue, will often fracture if frozen. That didn't work when you tried it?
Charley
Sorry to report no progress. Spent too much time at the ER getting staples in a minor scalp wound. Maybe tomorrow.
Charley
Steve:
I have to cautiously disagree with you. Here are my two reasons for thinking that the cell comes apart by unscrewing the front: knurling, in my experience, is rarely decorative; it's...
There's always a hint - see the knurling on the top of the piece holding the beauty ring in? Get yourself a big rubber stopper or something else to get some friction on that ring and start turning. ...
Just a thought - you might check the plastic for opaqueness.
Charley
Just a thought ( and don't ask how I know this ), but not all black plastic is perfectly opaque. You might try shining a laser pointer through a piece.
Charley
I don't see that anyone has yet mentioned it, but I've made GG's from diamond abrasives. Using diamond abrasives is way faster than any other abrasive, and not expensive. That was years ago, and I...
Well, eventually you gotta replace that Elvis on Velvet with something.
Charley
Summer, Winter, Mud, and.......what's that one between Mother's Day and Father's Day called?
Charley,
who's just a Summer NH resident, and getting ready to return to NY.
Gotta peal off the...
The strips that Mike Roberts suggested are called fingerstock gaskets. Parker Chromerics, amongst others, sell stainless steel strips.
Years ago, I wanted to use them to repair a light trap and...
Congrats!
Spending Summers in New Hampshire - The Granite State - I'm frequently amused by the uses to which people put the local "produce".
I was always taught to keep my lathe as clean as...
I wish....I wish....I wish....
Congrats!
Charley
One finger at a time, buddy. Get well soon.
Charley
Once upon a time, I had a chrome-faced shutter, marked Copal 3, that conformed to the Copal 3S specs. Check yours.
Charley
+1
I just don't feel welcome here.
Charley
Relisted for $50.
That's exactly what I paid for mine.
Charley
Just my opinion: guillotines = good, Fiskars = not so good. The Fiskars' blades are quite small.
Rotatrims, however, = best. Here's a selection from B&H. Every time I use mine, I thank Dave...
Love to go along, too. I'm over on Sunapee when the water isn't hard as a rock, and sometimes when it is.
Charley
FYI: keep a spare set of batteries at hand.
Charley
I don't recall if someone mentioned this or not, but one usually scribes a mark on the outside edge of the two elements before separating, so that on reassembly they can be realigned the same way.
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Read S. K. Grimes' methods (binocular prisms & v-blocks) here.
Charley
Often enough. Found a 270mm Computar there once, marked as an enlarging lens. $200.
Charley
Yes, this is an actual quote from my wife:
"Why can't you take ordinary photos, like everyone else?"
Sigh.
Charley
The first thing I ever made with the lathe was a knurled replacement knob for her telescope. Saved a lot of discussion on its usefulness.
Charley
You use whatever's in your toolbox. You've got a 3D printer, I've got a lathe.
I just picked up a new-to-me lens without caps. I turned out front and back caps in less than an hour (including...
Jim's advice is the first thing to try, then Ed's. Try and just heat the ring evenly a little bit and then see if it'll come off. I wouldn't put a strap wrench onto the shutter, as it's plenty big...
'tis, if Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey uses it.
Charley
Take a chance for $8 and see: General Brand 82mm Collapsible Rubber Lens Hood.
B&H usually sells a regular and a wide angle lens hood. I see only this one.
Charley
Born too late, I guess. Heck, I made money on that one I sold Bill up above.
Charley