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Failing sight... is webcam & monitor an option?
AussieJimG:
I am watching this with interest as my sight fails slowly but surely. I have thought about a webcam and one of my discarded laptops but the need is not yet critical.
Jim
chipenter:
Web cams that be focus t by a ring on the front can go down to 50mm 2" , or for a double the price you can go wireless but they are larger for the battery case .
AdeV:
Something else to consider.... how's the old gent's hearing?
I ask this not to be flippant; but because there will be some speeds - which his lathe may or may not do, only practice would tell - where the machine would appear not to be spinning.
If his hearing is good, then that shouldn't be an issue as he'll hear it running, even if it appears to be static. But if he's a bit deaf, I'd worry that me might stick his hand in there while it's still under power.
Fergus OMore:
Ade! My thanks as an old octogenarian for raising the comments about hearing in many of us- survivors.
I think that general cut off point for permanent hearing damage caused by gunfire is actually 75.
I'd been renewing my sub to the Royal British Legion having temporarily abandoned my missus who had had the deadly nightshade in her eyes in preparation for a cataract op next month.
OK, I'm also deaf and have had two cataract ops - and thought that I had heard(?) it all before.
Surprisingly, no. It seems that steroid injections are now hastening the onset of cataracts. Mepacrine for malaria added to the deafness problem for many of us- and our knees and hips are letting us down.
I suppose that with the imminent rise in electricity prices that we should be careful which way we point those stroboscopes ( sorry, fluorescent tubes) in the workshop.
Maybe the rise in heating costs will mean that we are all doomed to hyperthermia and that the problems - and us will go away.
( Just a bit of a rant- It's foggy outside- or is it :scratch:)
Norm
evildrome:
Hi Guys,
Thanks for the suggestions.
I hadn't considered using a video camera. I actually have an old JVC GR-DVL9200 which I bought back in 2000. Cost me an arm & a leg at the time.
Subsequently the record function died (tape transport failure) but of course, I hung on to it "just in case".
The image quality is excellent so I will hook it up to an LCD monitor and see what it is capable of.
Regarding hearing... that's a very valid point. My friend has reduced hearing but he can hear me talking. I'll discuss with him if we feel further precautions are required. He's ex-nuclear industry so he's already very safety conscious.
I myself am married so I am actively looking forward to going deaf.
Cheers,
Wilson.
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