Otay, I'm a sucker for new toys that make my werk a little easier...some say it's because I'm so lazy...I say "SO?".

Anyway, I bought this neat little thing the other day. It's a Video Bore Scope. Now, I have a regular Bore Scope, but it ain't near as kewl as this Video deal.
What's a Bore Scope, you say? Well, it is a tool that you can use to look down into the cylinders of an engine to look for damage, or just to check to see how it looks down in there. Ya never know when ya might have a crack in a piston, or scoring on the cylinder walls from a stuck ring. You can also use a borescope to look around corners, such as in an intake manifold, so you can see the valves. Same thing with the exhaust.
It's handy if ya want to look up into the dash area, like inside your A/C plenum, for a leak.
Get the idea?
Well, hi-tech has come to the bore-scope area.
This thing is basically just a small video camera, mounted on a flexible tube, with two BRIGHT LED lights built into the end.
You use it the same way as a regular bore-scope, but instead of having to put the thing up to yer eyeball, focus it, and hold the other end where ya want it, you just flip the thing on, and it gives you a clear video screen image of what your looking at...IN LIVING COLOR!!
It comes in handy if you're a carpenter, too....ya wanna look inside that wall before ya start drillin/cutting? Take a look!


Anyway, this thing is just too kewl, so I had to share...check it out!

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And on the weekends, you could set up in your neighborhood and do cut rate colonoscopy's !!!

Just call it a late Christmas present to yourself.... a very late one.        Looks really cool and bet it'll sure come in handy.   Bet you can deduct it from your taxes also.

Larry

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great tool  don't have it myself but already used it once... tought it was a RIGID one. Very clear image.

[QUOTE=BelgiumBarry] Very practical for when you drop the airfilter wingnut into the carb [/QUOTE]


Exactly!!!


and Dennis...when would you like to make an appointment for your "test"? Adams' Apple2008-03-31 05:26:33

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Ive always wanted one of those things, they sure could save a lot of neck straining and squinting working in close or inaccessible places.... especially for us with old eyes and bifocals. The price is still a little higher than I can justify but you have me thinking

Wow..........$300.00 tool to find loose change??? Sounds kinda kinky to me. Plumbers use instuments like this to find drainage obstacles (sort like rectal doctors). There isn't anything cooler than new tools.

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[QUOTE=Crossfire1982]The price is still a little higher than I can justify but you have me thinking [/QUOTE]

Actually, this Video Scope is not that much more than the regular, fiber-optic scope I bought a couple of years ago. I paid about $280 for that one, and this new one was $320!!!
Granted, not everyone needs one, but they sure are kewl, and handy!
Ya never know...might be some on e-may cheaper than that!

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I design those things and other video inspection tools. Been designing them for 15 years. Company was Everest-VIT and now it's GE Inspection Technologies. Some of the ones we have done are capable of measuring distances and objects with computer software using a digital camera. We have one that are 3/16" in diameter with the bending tip. The price you paid sounds great to me, our stuff costs over $10K for one system.

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Of course that darn thing does no good if you don't have a clue what your looking at   cilrah2008-03-31 12:23:47

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"Keep up the Pace"

OMG.....was that face from a horror movie or something??????

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May be you could find my wife's cell phone inside her purse - Seriously - I LOVE new tools , the idea of looking for build sheets on top of gas tanks was my first choice . Is there a doctor in the house

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[QUOTE=apasbigal] May be you could find my wife's cell phone inside her purse - Seriously - I LOVE new tools , the idea of looking for build sheets on top of gas tanks was my first choice . Is there a doctor in the house

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Daaaang!!! I hadn't even thought of that!!
Thanks for the idea, there, Mark!

Don't know if this thing would be able to find ANYTHING in a ladies purse, tho Al...that might be a stretch... it's NOT an x-ray machine!!!

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Joel,

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Joel;

I still have a couple of years before the "big event"...

Discount pricing...No waiting...Corvette Magazines in the waiting room...

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For women it's JEWELRY............Guys it's TOOLS. I've renamed Tuesday to TOOLSday. That the day I go out looking for new tools. I would prefer to go looking for new women, but mamma packs a gun.corvette440hp2008-04-01 08:44:25

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Oh, yeah...I fergot to mention this thing has a "Video Out" port! I can hook it up to a teelybishun, or VCR, and record what it sees.
It just keeps gettin better!

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SAY AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Well, since you can record it, and it will probably be cheaper and all, what do you have in the way of tranquilizers...

Ball Peen sedatives are complimentary...



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Joel, you heave some really neat toys.....As far as I am concerned ya' never have to justify a need to purchase new tools....want is justification enough.

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There is no substitute for low end torque!

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Joel, you heave some really neat toys.....As far as I am concerned ya' never have to justify a need to purchase new tools....want is justification enough.

[/QUOTE] SO TRUE, "want is justification enough" THIS IS WHY WE ALL HAVE CORVETTES............plus many tools to fix them (money is important, also).

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