New Toys!
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:41 am
Now that my family and I are settled in at our new ( to us ) home in Alpine, Texas, I can go ahead with the second stage of my plan, which is to set up a gunsmithing shop for my son Charles ( Min-Me ).
At my age, I think it's best to set my 21 yr old son up so that he can take care of the family ( and himself ) if something happens to me. To be honest, I kind of like being retired, I've put in my time at the salt mines and have the T-shirt, etc..
I am in negotiations with a contractor for a 24x24' building in my backyard, and have purchased a gun safe to satisfy security requirements for my son's application for an FFL.
The fun toy part is a video borescope from Gradient corporation.
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools ... 38-000-009
The thing will let us take video or still-shots of the interior of a rifle or pistol barrel from a straight-ahead, or 90 degree view.
Upon receipt of the borescope, I discovered that it had an analog video output ( RCA plug ) , but no way to hook it up to a computer. There was a analog to USB converter available from Gradient, but it cost over 400 bux so I looked around on eBay and found a comparable unit for 25 bux that looks just as good.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/350518575341?ss ... 1497.l2649
I'm looking forward to playing around with my son's new toy, and wonder how much we should charge for that service, in hopes that the do-dad will eventually pay for itself.
I could hook it up to my TV I guess for a quick test, but I think I'll wait for the analog S-video to USB converter and its software to arrive.
Pictures soon!
At my age, I think it's best to set my 21 yr old son up so that he can take care of the family ( and himself ) if something happens to me. To be honest, I kind of like being retired, I've put in my time at the salt mines and have the T-shirt, etc..
I am in negotiations with a contractor for a 24x24' building in my backyard, and have purchased a gun safe to satisfy security requirements for my son's application for an FFL.
The fun toy part is a video borescope from Gradient corporation.
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools ... 38-000-009
The thing will let us take video or still-shots of the interior of a rifle or pistol barrel from a straight-ahead, or 90 degree view.
Upon receipt of the borescope, I discovered that it had an analog video output ( RCA plug ) , but no way to hook it up to a computer. There was a analog to USB converter available from Gradient, but it cost over 400 bux so I looked around on eBay and found a comparable unit for 25 bux that looks just as good.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/350518575341?ss ... 1497.l2649
I'm looking forward to playing around with my son's new toy, and wonder how much we should charge for that service, in hopes that the do-dad will eventually pay for itself.
I could hook it up to my TV I guess for a quick test, but I think I'll wait for the analog S-video to USB converter and its software to arrive.
Pictures soon!
