Guess what's left,
and what it might be.
I spent a couple of hour's last night dis-assembling a VHSC camcorder, purely for therapeutic reasons. And this is the sum total of parts, minus a few.
So what may the project be?
I will wait for paint to dry before disclosure.
Gives me time to come up with some mechanics.
I spent a couple of hour's last night dis-assembling a VHSC camcorder, purely for therapeutic reasons. And this is the sum total of parts, minus a few.
So what may the project be?
I will wait for paint to dry before disclosure.
Gives me time to come up with some mechanics.
2048 x 1152 - 1M
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How very perceptive of you erco.
I inadvertently left the video head/motor out of the big picture. It had nothing to do with the project, so I had put it someplace else. I had already dropped it once.
HINT: This project will have motors, but not necessarily to move around. And not any of these motors.
I don't know what you're building, but I'm sure it will be good!
That put me in a good mood to give another hint.
The hint should be easy.
That's reaching to high for me, but some part of that is correct.
Question: How do you post an audio file?
EDIT: It worked that time.
OK, here is the fifth hint:
Popular Parallax product was originally designed by hint #4.
Camera = no
EMIC2 = yes
Motors = yes
LED's = yes
Maybe classified more robotic than robot.
Duh, I looked at that a dozen times, and thought there is something wrong, It is a typo.
Should read: Guess what's left,
If it's alright with you guy's I will correct the thread title, hope I didn't throw anyone off too much.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention Jon.
BTW: I am running out of hints, without directly giving the project away. So I will post a final hint this evening (US).
Though it would make for a very large robotic camera system, the lenses from camcorders are far, far better than typical cameras, so paired with a decent sensor, would give you an excellent vision system.
The motors and other mechanics ... meh. You can get the basic junk pulling apart a $1 battery operated toothbrush from the dollar store. Good luck running the tape drum motor. That requires some mean servo feedback.
Optics = yes (but just for looks)
-that may give it away.
Agreed, motors and other mechanics are good for what it was, re-purpose just isn't worth the trouble. Unless you are on TV, and your name is MacGyver.
I did rescue an SS bracket, extremely durable for it's size.
A while back I ran across an extra remote for the DVR. Sensing an opportunity to hassle my roommate (we do a lot of that to each other :->), I took it completely apart and left it scattered around the coffee table. Kari came home and sat down to catch the evening news.
Kari: "WHAT DID YOU DO?"
Me: "Ah... I was bored and took it apart to see what was inside and forgot how to put back together."
Kari: "Are you serious???"
Me: "Yeah. You can use my tools if ya want to try to fix it."
Kari: "You're crazy."
Me: "Of course... but here's the real one. Just wanted to see your reaction."
We both had a good laugh about it.
The remote controls for entertainment are the most important. And the DVR's could leave you lost without a clue.
And be forced to get out of the easy chair, get down on your hands and knees. Presumably you grabbed your eye glasses and a flashlight. While your circulation is suffering severe restrictions. You still have another five minutes till you can press record.
Just not what civilized humans were meant to do.
BTW: I took 90 percent of this camcorder apart with just one Phillips bit, no handle, no adapter. Drew blood a couple of times(very minor). But I didn't get up to look for mechanical advantage till late in the game,
didn't need to.
Well I said I was all out of hints.
Hint #7:
I couldn't resist posting a picture of something that may be useful. If not, it will have something like it, It wouldn't be one of these without it.
Come on guys, don't over think this thing.
Oh yes, and definitely a mini.
What do you call it, artistic expression?
Consider that with proper current limiting, optics mounted on voice coils will respond to ordinary sound signals. Aim a laser at the mirror mounted on it (or if it's a lens replace with a small front-surface mirror you can get at any school science shop), plug it into a little flea-weight amplifier, and you've got an instant light show!
Years ago -- we're talking back in the 1960s -- the old Edmund Scientific used to sell a kit of parts they dubbed "MusicVision." The idea was painfully simple, and oh-so-60s: Stretch a thin membrance rubber sheet over a woofer, and tack thin first-surface mirrors to it. Aim a colored light source at the mirrors, like one of those mini spotlights with a rotating color wheel, and you've just created your own psychedelic trip, man.
Oh how I remember the Edmund Scientific catalog, and where you could buy an actual laser.
Old LCD Projection TV's have a nice selection of optics like a thin little glass mirror, even a giant fisheye lens.
I'm using an RGB for a certain part of the original design of the camera.
Dalek??
Some kind of juggernaut?
I know the Dr. Who connection.
Still no specific idea's on what it could be?
I will give one last hint: Take me to the Expo.
Your in the neighborhood as far as recent forum activity by a certain member.