Posted on 12/22/2004 8:20:35 PM PST by RayChuang88
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A novelty item just four or five years ago, the digital camera is shaping up as the most popular electronics gift in 2004, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. It was runner-up last year to the DVD player, the No. 1 gift since 2000.
Catapulted by cutthroat competition, digital technology is transforming the $85 billion global photography industry by creating new ways of capturing, developing and storing pictures.
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Lucky you! Quick-change box & toolpost grinder among them?
I had a cheap digital camera that didn't have "optical" zoom. You get what you pay for...terrible, out of focus pics.
Been deliberating between a popular Kodak CX7430 (4MP, 3x optical, 4x Digital) with a $165 price tag; and a Kodak DX6490 (4MP, 10x Optical, 3x Digital) with a $295 price tag. Opted for the CX7430 because of the price but really thought the 10x optical on the other was more versatile. Comments from anyone who has either one?
The iPod Minis are cute but they have way too little storage space. I'd rather wait for Apple to bump up the Mini's storage capacity to 10 GB (which I think will happen within the next six months).
I've been in many trades, but machine work is only an interest at this time. However, since I hodgepodge a living at this time, I'm thinkin' about what this machine could produce...
Actually, I will need to have some digital photos taken and sent up to me from the relative that has possession of the lathe at this time. Vague oral history has it that Grandpa got it just before the war, so 1940 or '41 would make the QC box (1947?) a later add on - not original. Haven't seen the unit since I was about five years old so I sure can't remember. When I asked the curator cousin about thimbles and levers he said it seemed it had them for quick changing speeds - but we'll see. Not known if it has a tool post grinder either, but that would be really nice too. Other dream toys would include the following and steady rests, milling attachmant, taper attachment and lever-lock collet accessory.
They said it had a 'bunch' of stuff, so I don't quite know yet. We're lookin' for pictures after the holidays.
Truth is, the offer was made to take the lathe because they knew I was interested and the offer was free and clear but I will certainly pay for it or make it right for them in any event because it has been a long time dream to own a sound lathe and I can't just take it on account of the family's kindness. In the final analysis, Santa buys his own toys ya' know.
Sounds intriguing- I have a non-quickchange 6" Atlas, $195 from Sears, back when I took home $99 a week, circa 1970, and still use it for making parts around here- with the right tooling, a lathe is amazingly versatile.
I like mine and the timing was convenient (birthday present), so I didn't want to wait months and months for it. :)
Anyway, I can swap things in and out of there, so the size isn't an issue for me.
Here's a link for the linkmaster:
http://www.angelfire.com/ks/mcguirk/mwlinks.html
Check out some of these dudes. Makes a body tired just reading about their projects.
Merry Christmas!
Yup. They say 4 million this quarter compared to 773,000 this quarter last year.
Hubby and I already have ours. A joint Christmas gift.
Current Prepress is straight Computer to Plate, no film.
Did you get the Casio?
We got the Canon PowerShot A75. It is a neat little camera and I have already taken some pictures of my Beanie Baby Christmas Tree. He did a lot of research on them before we bought this one. He does that on a purchase like this. Before we got the Pioneer TV, he read everything he could on them. He is interested in electronics. He built his first ham rig when he was 12 years old.
film = buggy whip
Copied & saved- thanks, much, and Merry Christmas.
Old tools are so cool- while I don't turn & shape as much as I used to, or would like to, I have a fairly complete shop-- including such oddballs as the valve-grinding equipment from the old Island Auto Parts machine shop where I first apprenticed, and its Van Norman boring bar- all 195 pounds of it. Hard to believe I used to lug that unwieldy bastard into engine compartments.
"Old tools are so cool."
Agreed. To me, the good ones are often the material expression of the best of humanity. In a sense, they are the embodiment of man's highest achievements in that they use clever designs, the quality materials, the quality fit and finish and the tool's innate precision and durability all combine to aid the creative and productive impulses in the man that uses them.
On the other hand, a lot of old tools are also crap and were even when they were new. Oh well, all things considered, it is nicest to assemble and use these old beauties in an age of good dentistry rather than make a mean and hard-scrabble life with them in times of medical barbarism.
About your Van Norman boring bar...sorry, but I know zilch beyond the basic maintenance brake shoes and lubrication in automobiles today. A tragic weakness in my arsenal of tooling.
D’ya use the boring bar to smooth or enlarge cylinders? I think there’s a shot of what you’re talking about here: [ http://www.diamondmarine.com/web_pages/shop_tour.htm ] or better yet, try here: [ http://www.diamondmarine.com/web_pages/boring_bar_page.htm ]. If that is the tool, then you are to be revered. Of course, I can see the need for boring out a cylinder in a block when you cannot remove the bugger without a ton of other work.
A thing like that might improve the thought transmission through the existent holes in my MIL’s head. Hmmmm – are they readily available? Maybe I can run out an get one before the stores close today?
Yes, that first link shows a more modern bar ( the tall green goodie with a crank handle ) atop a fixture designed to hold engine blocks for boring.
Van Normans were famed for consistent accuracy- you can repeatably split a ten-thousand cut if such precision is required. The counter-argument to that is that the follow-up cylinder hone ( usually stones ) makes such accuracy un-necessary.
The Island Auto Parts store was a division of Tracy's Auto Parts on the mainland, and all had Van Normans for boring blocks. The "other guys" in the trade had Quick Way bars, and there was mostly good-natured rivalry about who could bore the best hole. FWIW, the fastest engines in the county came out of the Island Auto Parts machine shop.
---I'm still old school... my Leica M6 continues to perform like a champ without the help of bits and bytes.---
I keep a Canon F-1N with motor drive. I don't shoot with it much, but it's just such a beautiful piece of equipment. I shoot with a Pentax *istD DSLR and a Pentax 645, also a Deardorff 8x10 on occassion. I contact print the 8x10s and scan the 645s. I like the medium format transparancies and when I can find a suitable lens will put an old Rollei 6x6 projector back into service.
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