I want to mount a mirror on the side of my desktop PC so I can see
through the window to my side without moving my head.

A car overtaking mirror seems ideal and I want to mount it such that it
can swivel and be adjusted. A ball and socket would be nice but I don't
see many of these available.

(A spiral wound metal arm has too much "spring" and springs back a
distance to where it was moved from.)

Where can I get a ball & socket which has a decently wide range of
action?

Alex Coleman ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

I want to mount a mirror on the side of my desktop PC so I can see
through the window to my side without moving my head.

A car overtaking mirror seems ideal and I want to mount it such that it
can swivel and be adjusted. A ball and socket would be nice but I don't
see many of these available.

(A spiral wound metal arm has too much "spring" and springs back a
distance to where it was moved from.)

Where can I get a ball & socket which has a decently wide range of
action?

Why not just get a "Monitor Mirror"? They're purpose designed for exactly
that. Most of the cheesier PC suppliers will have 'em for between a fiver
and a tenner, or you can often scrounge 'em free-but-branded if you go to
computer industry trade shows.

Alternatively, think classic car mirror - the type on the end of a steel
bar-type arm. £25 or so should sort you with something that'll have as much
adjustment as you need, and a nice easy mount onto the monitor.

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I want to mount a mirror on the side of my desktop PC so I can see
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Where can I get a ball & socket which has a decently wide range of
action?

Could you perhaps fabricate something from this ... ?

http://tinyurl.com/zqshx

They also do larger sizes...

Roy

Alex Coleman wrote:
I want to mount a mirror on the side of my desktop PC so I can see
through the window to my side without moving my head.

A car overtaking mirror seems ideal and I want to mount it such that it
can swivel and be adjusted. A ball and socket would be nice but I don't
see many of these available.

(A spiral wound metal arm has too much "spring" and springs back a
distance to where it was moved from.)

Where can I get a ball & socket which has a decently wide range of
action?

There are (or used to be) auxillary mirrors at Halfords et al intended
for mounting temporarily on the passenger side, for the use of drivers
accompanying learner drivers (my dad used one when I was learning) - had
a ball/socket mounted on a sucker.

Alternatively, you can get mirror especially for mounting on PC monitors
as you describe (for office workers who don't like being sneaked up upon!)

David

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A car overtaking mirror seems ideal and I want to mount it such that it
can swivel and be adjusted. A ball and socket would be nice but I don't
see many of these available.

Use a truck mirror instead. They come with a handy arm and already have
a positionable joint.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

"Alex Coleman" wrote in message
...
I want to mount a mirror on the side of my desktop PC so I can see
through the window to my side without moving my head.

A car overtaking mirror seems ideal and I want to mount it such that it
can swivel and be adjusted. A ball and socket would be nice but I don't
see many of these available.

(A spiral wound metal arm has too much "spring" and springs back a
distance to where it was moved from.)

Where can I get a ball & socket which has a decently wide range of
action?

===========================
You might be able to cannibalise one of these:
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=040212060

Cic.

Alex Coleman wrote in news:Xns97FDC2369D87B71F3M4@
127.0.0.1:

I want to mount a mirror on the side of my desktop PC so I can see
through the window to my side without moving my head.

A car overtaking mirror seems ideal and I want to mount it such that it
can swivel and be adjusted. A ball and socket would be nice but I don't
see many of these available.

(A spiral wound metal arm has too much "spring" and springs back a
distance to where it was moved from.)

Where can I get a ball & socket which has a decently wide range of
action?

Screw a couple of bike mirrors into the top - sorted :-)

--
Tunku

"end user" v. A command regrettably not implemented in most systems.

In message , Alex Coleman
writes
I want to mount a mirror on the side of my desktop PC so I can see
through the window to my side without moving my head.

A car overtaking mirror seems ideal and I want to mount it such that it
can swivel and be adjusted. A ball and socket would be nice but I don't
see many of these available.

(A spiral wound metal arm has too much "spring" and springs back a
distance to where it was moved from.)

Where can I get a ball & socket which has a decently wide range of
action?

Motorcycle mirror ?

--
geoff

Alex Coleman wrote:
I want to mount a mirror on the side of my desktop PC so I can see
through the window to my side without moving my head.

A car overtaking mirror seems ideal and I want to mount it such that
it can swivel and be adjusted. A ball and socket would be nice but I
don't see many of these available.

(A spiral wound metal arm has too much "spring" and springs back a
distance to where it was moved from.)

Where can I get a ball & socket which has a decently wide range of
action?


Why a mirror? why cant you use a usb webcam pointed out the window and a
variable sized image on the corner of the the screen.

Webcams are not just for uploading to the web you know.


--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

On 11 Jul 2006, wrote:


"Alex Coleman" wrote in message
...
I want to mount a mirror on the side of my desktop PC so I can see
through the window to my side without moving my head.

A car overtaking mirror seems ideal and I want to mount it such
that it can swivel and be adjusted. A ball and socket would be
nice but I don't see many of these available.

(A spiral wound metal arm has too much "spring" and springs back a
distance to where it was moved from.)

Where can I get a ball & socket which has a decently wide range of
action?

===========================
You might be able to cannibalise one of these:
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=040212060


Arghhhh! I tried one of those which I got from Maplin. All the
joints don't grip well because of the smooth metal finish. And I did
cannibalise it but it didn't much help. :-(

"Alex Coleman" wrote in message
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I want to mount a mirror on the side of my desktop PC so I can see
through the window to my side without moving my head.



Why not get a swivel chair? Or move your desk. Or put a dummy in the chair
while you peer through the window from another room.