I bought this endoscopic camera yesterday. Before you jump to any conclusions, no, I am not going to stick it up my arse.
I am, in fact, going to use it to determine the best way of repairing a cracked plaster statue which is threatening to fall apart, by sticking it up a hollow leg.
Only a few years ago, this would have been an extremely expensive bit of kit for the elite, but now they are £70 from tool shops. They have colour screens and you can flip the image in 4 different directions and even make a video recording to show to clients, etc.
I may never use it at work again, so what will I do with it in the future? A number of intriguing possibilities have occurred to me - the most exciting (of the legal ones) being to use it to explore dark and inaccessible, ancient tombs and hidden caves. They have tiny little lights on the tip where the lens is. All I would need is a 12mm cordless drill and this.
Of course, I could always take it to restaurants and hide it under table cloths, pretending to be using a mobile phone. Maybe not.
Flog it to a plumber, it sounds perfect for finding tiny hidden leaks.
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough, I know a plumber who wants one.
DeleteDo you use a silicon gun or similar to fill the cracks? (Please forgive me if this is sacrilege).
ReplyDeleteI will use the same sort of plaster to fill the cracks, but yesterday I came up with the solution of using expanding polyurethane foam to reinforce it internally.
DeleteYes, I would have thought modern materials would be involved. I have added further comment re. Lenin on my last post reply to you if you want to see it.
DeleteThe figure turned out to be solid, so I can't use the foam. Anyone need a large can of expanding foam?
DeleteYour thinking gets more and more devious as the weeks go on!
ReplyDeleteI always think like that, Weave.
DeleteHow fragile is plaster? Are plaster statues common? I can think of plaster cherubs, for instance. Broadly speaking, what is the nature of the plaster statue you are seeking to repair? An heroic figure? Male? Female? An animal? That sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteTom hasn’t told anybody, but I suspect it is a garden gnome... that or the legless nymph?
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It is a classical male figure in the Greek style. This plaster is quite hard and dense. There are different kinds, but none of them will withstand being outside in the rain.
DeleteAll of this above I will reply to tomorrow. Honest. You know and trust me.
ReplyDeleteHave you got your slippers on ?!!! 🙂 XXXX
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DeleteMy husband bought one of those for my Christmas present one year. Of course, it has never been opened. I asked what I was supposed to do with it. I thought of climbing a tree and peering down a hole in a limb to see what was inside.
ReplyDeleteYou should have told him what to do with it...
DeleteWhat will the inside tell you that the outside won’t?
ReplyDeleteThe 70 quid will easily be tax deductible: added to which
‘Have endoscope will travel!’ will add a little frisson to the ole business cards.
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What the outside doesn't tell me, of course. I used a metal detector as well.
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