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- jackssmirkingrevenge
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Today after some undue scrutiny from customs, was finally able to take home a package from our benevolent sponsors, care of Mike and Pete
Aside from their beautifully made AR-15 pistol grip ignitor, more synthetic offcuts than you can wave a stick at and a snapped 1/2" ball mill (?!), the box contained a long term project, an armoured housing for my Casio Exilim conceived around the time when I purchased it.
It's a minor miracle I haven't damaged the camera in the meantime but this was definitely worth waiting for, nice and solid with a thick lexan plate that should absorb any shrapnel or ricochets with ease. It needs an end plate to offer complete protection (one up for the to do list ) but is adequate for most jobs as it is - expect a lot braver and closeup target shots from now on, I hope that nicely done anodizing will last
Cheers guys, made my day
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Aside from their beautifully made AR-15 pistol grip ignitor, more synthetic offcuts than you can wave a stick at and a snapped 1/2" ball mill (?!), the box contained a long term project, an armoured housing for my Casio Exilim conceived around the time when I purchased it.
It's a minor miracle I haven't damaged the camera in the meantime but this was definitely worth waiting for, nice and solid with a thick lexan plate that should absorb any shrapnel or ricochets with ease. It needs an end plate to offer complete protection (one up for the to do list ) but is adequate for most jobs as it is - expect a lot braver and closeup target shots from now on, I hope that nicely done anodizing will last
Cheers guys, made my day
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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Nice stuff. Absolutely beautiful work!
One comment though perhaps a bit late in coming....
At the office we just use mirrors for our cameras.
1) Put camera behind something big, strong, and heavy.
2) Set up a mirror so that camera can see around the corner.
3) Worst case scenario... We have to replace a $2 mirror.
One comment though perhaps a bit late in coming....
At the office we just use mirrors for our cameras.
1) Put camera behind something big, strong, and heavy.
2) Set up a mirror so that camera can see around the corner.
3) Worst case scenario... We have to replace a $2 mirror.
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good idea maybe next time I put my video camera like thatAt the office we just use mirrors for our cameras.
1) Put camera behind something big, strong, and heavy.
2) Set up a mirror so that camera can see around the corner.
3) Worst case scenario... We have to replace a $2 mirror.
CpTn_lAw wrote: "yay, me wanna make big multishot pnoob with 1000 psi foot pump compressor using diamond as main material. Do you think wet bread make good sealant? "
- jackssmirkingrevenge
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Good point, but the years of bad luck I would have accrued by nowD_Hall wrote:At the office we just use mirrors for our cameras.
1) Put camera behind something big, strong, and heavy.
2) Set up a mirror so that camera can see around the corner.
3) Worst case scenario... We have to replace a $2 mirror.
I suppose mirrors are also how they achieve this sort of thing:
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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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looks too complicated to build for me, but amazing results
do they sell that?
do they sell that?
CpTn_lAw wrote: "yay, me wanna make big multishot pnoob with 1000 psi foot pump compressor using diamond as main material. Do you think wet bread make good sealant? "
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all you need is an arduino and a few partsThis is f.... DO WANT!
if you wish you can evan add a few 3 way valves to it to make it even MOAR awesome
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unless we stop them now
- jackssmirkingrevenge
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Quite a bit of timing precision needed though.D_Hall wrote:Yup. It's a lot easier to spin a small mirror than it is to spin a whole stinkin' camera.
The best I ever achieved was this completely by accident, the camera dislodged and appears to be following the target shadow...
Can't wait for the weekend to have the time and daylight to try this out!
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
Mirror or not, I'd protect my camera anyway. It's the large fire balls that get you every time...
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always wondered how a smooth bore tank was soo accurate maybe make some fin stabilised ammo myself if my parents let mejackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Good point, but the years of bad luck I would have accrued by nowD_Hall wrote:At the office we just use mirrors for our cameras.
1) Put camera behind something big, strong, and heavy.
2) Set up a mirror so that camera can see around the corner.
3) Worst case scenario... We have to replace a $2 mirror.
I suppose mirrors are also how they achieve this sort of thing:
[youtube][/youtube]
- jackssmirkingrevenge
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That's actually a rocket powered and guided round, I believe it was the X-Rod program that's now being developed under a new name, MRM-KE or something of the sort.streetfire wrote:always wondered how a smooth bore tank was soo accurate maybe make some fin stabilised ammo myself if my parents let me
Smooth bore tank ammo is soo accurate because it's very carefully made, and because a modern tank's targeting system leaves absolutely nothing to chance
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Indeed.jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Smooth bore tank ammo is soo accurate because it's very carefully made, and because a modern tank's targeting system leaves absolutely nothing to chance
When I was in college one of my prof's had been involved with the targeting system on the M-1 Abrams. He pointed out that they even took into account the barrel bending as the vehicle/turret/etc. moved.