12 Aug
2006
12 Aug
'06
2:04 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 8/12/2006 at 12:57 PM Don wrote:
I usually work on a board that is "tipped" (i.e. not "normal"
to my view plane). It's a compromise :-( I usually have
to move the board around quite a lot to get a good feel
for what I am doing (and it can get dizzying seeing those
greatly magnified abrupt motions on the screen!)
As any tradesman will tell you, every tool is a poor
substitute (in some way) from your own body parts :>
I hooked up a small B&W camera (I find the
LACK of color makes
the image easier to discern!) to a 14 inch LCD panel (I don't
have room for an extra monitor on my bench -- and the LCD I
can put on an articulated arm so it swings out of the way)
for close in work. But, it's still a chore.
I'dve thought that the lack of depth perception/stereo vision would get in the way. But then mine has never been very good.
Even as a young man, I
found it nearly impossible to position the two ends of a #20
platinum/platium-rhodium thermocouple wire for welding in an oxy-acetylene
flame. Just couldn't make them line up.
No *kids*, eh, Chuck? ;) <wicked grin>
I accompanied my Dad on a visit to one of his eye doctors
many years ago. Shortly after starting the exam, the doctor
lowered the room lights, had my Dad cover his "good" eye,
then held his hand up and waved his fingers: "Can you
see my hand, Donald?" I chuckled thinking it was a joke :-(