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From: "James M. Atkinson" <jm..._at_tscm.com>
Subject: Do-It-Yourself Colonoscopy
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For those list members who spend a lot of time probing inside walls,
floor cavities, conduit, and other tight places the following
dirt-cheap product will be quite helpful.
They retail for under $250 per system, and if you shop around you can
usually find a tool combination for free when you purchase the scope
(I picked up kits of one scope, a camera head, two extensions, and a
matching compact cordless drill/screwdriver for $249.99)
http://www.milwaukeetool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_27_40028_-1_753476_197137_192137
http://www.milwaukeetool.com/us/en/partpdfs.nsf/PDFView/58-14-0150d1?OpenDocument
You will want to purchase two or three of these extensions if they do
not come with the package you purchase.
http://www.milwaukeetool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productrelated_27_40028_-1_756158_197137_192137_Y
Instead of purchasing a backup camera and cable I would recommend
just purchasing two entire systems so you can swap out parts you may break.
I would strongly urge you to take a 6 inch length of 1 inch thick
rubber hose and to place it on the end of the gooseneck where it
connects to the control unit, and then tape the hose segment into
place. This will help you not to pull the connector apart, and will
keep you from creeping the insulation up the gooseneck when you over
flex it. It will also help you when the camera tip gets caught on
something sharp in the wall. I would also recommend that you place a
ring of red tape every 6 inches down the shaft of the camera, and
then write the respective length on the tape so that you know how far
inside the wall you are when you find that pinhole microphone. It is
also fairly easy to add a BNC or RCA connector to the side of the
unit so that you can record or print what you see prior to trying to
retrieve it.
One helpful method of using this is to turn on all the lights in a
room, or use a strong strobe tube, and to probe up and then down into
the wall cavities seeking light leaking from the room and into the
wall cavity, then use the built in illuminator and explore the cavity
as you go.
Also helpful for those of you too cheap to get a colonoscopy as you get older.
-jma
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James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803
Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467
127 Eastern Avenue #291 Web:
http://www.tscm.com/
Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 E-mail: mailto:jm..._at_tscm.com
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