Have you ever seen a single bit that bores a pilot hole, clearance hole, and countersink? I would like one of those.

Chris

It must be tough not having access to the shed.

A fresnel is by its design a diffuse light source, so unlike the LED spot light that was used to illuminate the blank in this video, these should produce a much more even flood of light, and avoid the burnt out regions. The light used in the first video was the only one I had to hand, and is used when I turn, but my eye has a lot greater dynamic range than the GoPro (or any other camera!)

Fluros can also achieve a pretty diffuse light (and both the old, and the new workshops were, and will be illuminated by them), but unless one is mounted closer to the work, they don’t produce sufficient light for the very high speed shutter speeds needed for the high frame rate.

Most of my videos to date have used fluros – the high speed needs something a bit more, and these fresnels (now 3 in number) will hopefully produce the results I need. Hoping to run another test tomorrow – the fresnels have arrived and are standing by!

Is there any reason why you’d want to use 2x500w fresnels? I could not help but notice that part of your picture is “blown out”; overexposed. This can happen if you focus your light too much. Personally, i’m a big fan of flourescent lights. They are very soft by nature and perfect to evenly lit your lathe.

Curious about your next videos!

I am therefore curious, and haven’t done the maths, but is it a matter that the framerate is so fast that the distance between the work and the camera means the speed of sound is actually apparent?!!

Will have to calculate it out, see if the distance is actually a factor. I wouldn’t have thought so, but I haven’t played with this degree of highspeed shot before.

I will be experimenting more, and looking at getting closer views (as I did with the egg), but it will be shots specifically for the high speed, and so a compromise in access and limited view would then be ok. I need the new lights (2x500W Fresnels) for that as well – the shutter speeds for 240fps need a decent amount of light.

There are other cameras that can really get in there, but the price jumps almost 50 fold. If anyone knows of high speed cameras in the GoPro price bracket which can do better I would be interested to know (240fps or more).

Nice demonstration of the slow-motion capabilities of the camera. It’ll be interesting to see what else you use it for.

Chris

It isn’t unusual to have a Coles and Woolworths in the same complex, each have a dedicated customer base which will support one or the other. If one of them were missing the customers would go to the other as it is more convenient. There must be many examples where the store runs at a loss just to create the presence. Our local shopping centre has a good large Woolworths and a smaller crappy Coles. Woolworths must get at least 95% of the trade but the Coles retains its presence.

I have even seen a situation where there were two Woolworths in the same small complex after Woolworths took over Franklins.

These companies are so large they can easily take a financial hit on a few stores here and there. Given they are both playing the same gave it most likely evens itself out in the end.

Just so long as we don’t see some of the colourful characters that Lowes in the US attracts!!!

This fosters competition and it could be seen as clever strategy that Masters is tapping in to the established mindshare of Bunnings customers regarding location, purchasing habits etc. Don’t get me wrong, I am not supporting it I am simply trying to theorise as to why Master’s chose such an approach. Of course if I had all the answers I would be rich!! Time will tell with this experiment!

A food court is also an excellent example. A Mexican outlet next to an Indian, a Japanese, a KFC, a salad bar, a sandwich place. Creates a great area to attract customers. But there is not two Mexican outlets, both selling tacos.

So I don’t understand how it is beneficial to have two places selling effectively the same stock next to each other, where each is attempting to be a one-stop-shop with the entire range of stock. If one specialised in automotive, and the other in gardening, sure. One in bathrooms, and the other in kitchens. One in metal tools (welders etc), one in wood. But they are not – this is a direct head-to-head, not a symbiotic relationship.

I don’t understand the logic, which is why I commented on it. Surprised to hear how ‘normal’ this is, and to be honest, I’m disappointed.

This would be like Samsung building phone/tablet stores right next to Apple stores (or not even that, unless they were actually selling Apple products as well), or a new petrol station company building them next door to Woolworths petrol (and matching price), or whatever the product, building next to another company selling the same product.

It is just stupid.

About the only group it works for is car companies, because they are all selling different brands, and there is a genuine point of difference, or fast food outlets, for the same reason.

I haven’t had any problems with the pen mill Carbatec sell (mounted on homemade handle and rotated by hand) myself.

However I found this plan for an alternative which might interest you –

http://rizaydog.webs.com/pensquaringjig.htm

Cheers, Matt