A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.

They also have a type of Velcro called Duotec which instead of having
two different bits that lock together, both sides are the same and
consist of mushroom shaped projections which lock together - it seems
to give a very strong connection but it's quite expensive. I've just
bought a metre length on Ebay for £7

In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Murmansk69
wrote:
A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.


It looks remarkably similar to
http://maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=257206 which Maplins sell for £70 -
although the Maplin one does video as well as still images and the Ohlson
description doesn't mention video, so they *may* not be identical.

Maplin had theirs on special offer a couple of weeks ago - but it was still
£40, compared with Ohlson's £27.
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Murmansk69 wrote:
A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.

It is quite a good price, but it has one drawback, the camera end can't
be directed through a hole, or cut out in a joist and can't go side ways
in a stud wall. It will always be drawn by gravity.

The type I used to use in the aerospace industry had an eye piece and
controls to point the end up, down, left and right, so as to get through
holes further down the line, or to direct it in the direction you wanted
it to go.

They take some getting used to as well, as you don't know which is
up/down etc.

HTH

Dave

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Murmansk69 wrote:
A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.

It is quite a good price, but it has one drawback, the camera end can't be
directed through a hole, or cut out in a joist and can't go side ways in a
stud wall. It will always be drawn by gravity.

The type I used to use in the aerospace industry had an eye piece and
controls to point the end up, down, left and right, so as to get through
holes further down the line, or to direct it in the direction you wanted
it to go.

They take some getting used to as well, as you don't know which is up/down
etc.

HTH

Dave

The ones you can hire for inspecting drains come with a reel of
fibreglass-like rod material for pushing the cable cam along. Diyers could
use these:
http://www.alertelectrical.com/Tools...t-CABLEROD.asp
(I got v similar set for ~£5 from a local discount shop, and its v useful).
Doubt if non purpose built cams would be waterproof enough for drains
though.)

Might be handy for hunting dropped circlips, cam chain links etc inside
engines though...

It's odd how Maplins catalogue stuff always seems ridiculously pricey, but
in the shops you can often get some good deals.

S

Dave wrote:
Murmansk69 wrote:
A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.

Same as this one too, apparently:
http://www.firebox.com/product/2505/...kescope-Camera

(discussed on this group previously he
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.d-i-y/browse_thread/thread/5acf96eedae64405/86f0d9df0f2b6b7e#86f0d9df0f2b6b7e

It is quite a good price, but it has one drawback, the camera end can't
be directed through a hole, or cut out in a joist and can't go side ways
in a stud wall. It will always be drawn by gravity.

Not sure what you mean there... it's rigid but flexible, so goes where
you point/push it.

In message , Roger Mills
writes
In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Murmansk69
wrote:
A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.


It looks remarkably similar to
http://maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=257206 which Maplins sell for £70 -
although the Maplin one does video as well as still images and the Ohlson
description doesn't mention video, so they *may* not be identical.

Maplin had theirs on special offer a couple of weeks ago - but it was still
£40, compared with Ohlson's £27.

CPC have a self contained one

http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d014...ion/dp/TL13077


--
geoff

On Sat, 1 May 2010 11:52:34 -0700 (PDT), Murmansk69
wrote:

A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.

Goodness, I have been looking for an inexpensive endoscope FOR YEARS!
Maybe this is the one. I have always been puzzled why these things
haven't been much more widely available more cheaply, since the
professional ones can cost an absolute fortune (up to a couple of
grand). I was only recently toying with the idea of taking the camera
lens out of my cheapo webcam-on-a-stick
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=97259 and fitting it to a
home-made 'snake' of some kind.

MM

On Sat, 1 May 2010 21:40:16 +0100, "Roger Mills"
wrote:

Maplin had theirs on special offer a couple of weeks ago - but it was still
£40, compared with Ohlson's £27.

Maplin is EXPENSIVE. I do buy stuff from them if it's not available
anywhere else, but some of their prices are ridiculous.

MM

On Sun, 2 May 2010 00:15:33 +0100, geoff wrote:

CPC have a self contained one

http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d014...ion/dp/TL13077

Yeah, but look at the price!

MM

In message , MM
writes
On Sun, 2 May 2010 00:15:33 +0100, geoff wrote:

CPC have a self contained one

http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d014...ion/dp/TL13077

Yeah, but look at the price!

Nobody said it was for pikeys




--
geoff

"MM" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 1 May 2010 11:52:34 -0700 (PDT), Murmansk69
wrote:

A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.

Goodness, I have been looking for an inexpensive endoscope FOR YEARS!
Maybe this is the one. I have always been puzzled why these things
haven't been much more widely available more cheaply, since the
professional ones can cost an absolute fortune (up to a couple of
grand). I was only recently toying with the idea of taking the camera
lens out of my cheapo webcam-on-a-stick
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=97259 and fitting it to a
home-made 'snake' of some kind.

MM

The hard part is anaesthetising your swallowing reflex, but staying awake
enough to steer, and not pushing straight through the bottom of your
stomach. My consultant has got it down to a minute per patient - including
samples for biopsy! I am not sure that even he would try it on himself!

S

S

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Murmansk69 wrote:
A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.

It is quite a good price, but it has one drawback, the camera end can't be
directed through a hole, or cut out in a joist and can't go side ways in a
stud wall. It will always be drawn by gravity.

The type I used to use in the aerospace industry had an eye piece and
controls to point the end up, down, left and right, so as to get through
holes further down the line, or to direct it in the direction you wanted
it to go.

They take some getting used to as well, as you don't know which is up/down
etc.

HTH

Dave

And you could do your own colonoscopy :-).
Had to write that having just had one :-(

seems like a useful tool though.

Lobster wrote:
Dave wrote:
Murmansk69 wrote:
A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.

Same as this one too, apparently:
http://www.firebox.com/product/2505/...kescope-Camera

(discussed on this group previously he
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.d-i-y/browse_thread/thread/5acf96eedae64405/86f0d9df0f2b6b7e#86f0d9df0f2b6b7e


It is quite a good price, but it has one drawback, the camera end
can't be directed through a hole, or cut out in a joist and can't go
side ways in a stud wall. It will always be drawn by gravity.

Not sure what you mean there... it's rigid but flexible, so goes where
you point/push it.

Yes, I know what you mean now. It sounds like a tight wound spiral thing
that can be bent to any shape. I take my comments back, as I thought it
was on the end of a USB cable.

Dave

On Sun, 2 May 2010 15:10:49 +0100, geoff wrote:

In message , MM
writes
On Sun, 2 May 2010 00:15:33 +0100, geoff wrote:

CPC have a self contained one

http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d014...ion/dp/TL13077

Yeah, but look at the price!

Nobody said it was for pikeys

Huh, they're probably the only sort who can afford it.

MM

On Sun, 2 May 2010 17:19:24 +0100, "SS"
wrote:


"Dave" wrote in message
...
Murmansk69 wrote:
A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.

It is quite a good price, but it has one drawback, the camera end can't be
directed through a hole, or cut out in a joist and can't go side ways in a
stud wall. It will always be drawn by gravity.

The type I used to use in the aerospace industry had an eye piece and
controls to point the end up, down, left and right, so as to get through
holes further down the line, or to direct it in the direction you wanted
it to go.

They take some getting used to as well, as you don't know which is up/down
etc.

HTH

Dave

And you could do your own colonoscopy :-).

And suddenly you see an eyeball looking at you and you realise it's
yours and you've gone and shoved the thing too far up. You're actually
gazing through your arse!

MM

On Sun, 2 May 2010 16:06:41 +0100, "spamlet"
wrote:


"MM" wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 1 May 2010 11:52:34 -0700 (PDT), Murmansk69
wrote:

A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.

Goodness, I have been looking for an inexpensive endoscope FOR YEARS!
Maybe this is the one. I have always been puzzled why these things
haven't been much more widely available more cheaply, since the
professional ones can cost an absolute fortune (up to a couple of
grand). I was only recently toying with the idea of taking the camera
lens out of my cheapo webcam-on-a-stick
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=97259 and fitting it to a
home-made 'snake' of some kind.

MM

The hard part is anaesthetising your swallowing reflex, but staying awake
enough to steer, and not pushing straight through the bottom of your
stomach. My consultant has got it down to a minute per patient - including
samples for biopsy! I am not sure that even he would try it on himself!

Yeah..... I actually could do with one for spying behind the dashboard
of my car where something has been rattling around in there for about
four years. I think it's a Biro.

MM

MM
wibbled on Sunday 02 May 2010 20:04


And suddenly you see an eyeball looking at you and you realise it's
yours and you've gone and shoved the thing too far up. You're actually
gazing through your arse!

MM

Ah - the Managers' Perspective

--
Tim Watts

Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer.

"MM" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 2 May 2010 16:06:41 +0100, "spamlet"
wrote:


"MM" wrote in message
. ..
On Sat, 1 May 2010 11:52:34 -0700 (PDT), Murmansk69
wrote:

A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.

Goodness, I have been looking for an inexpensive endoscope FOR YEARS!
Maybe this is the one. I have always been puzzled why these things
haven't been much more widely available more cheaply, since the
professional ones can cost an absolute fortune (up to a couple of
grand). I was only recently toying with the idea of taking the camera
lens out of my cheapo webcam-on-a-stick
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=97259 and fitting it to a
home-made 'snake' of some kind.

MM

The hard part is anaesthetising your swallowing reflex, but staying awake
enough to steer, and not pushing straight through the bottom of your
stomach. My consultant has got it down to a minute per patient -
including
samples for biopsy! I am not sure that even he would try it on himself!

Yeah..... I actually could do with one for spying behind the dashboard
of my car where something has been rattling around in there for about
four years. I think it's a Biro.

MM

And, with any luck, it would come with an attachment for joining the blower
pipes back up without standing on your head and dislocating both shoulders!

S

MM wrote:
On Sun, 2 May 2010 15:10:49 +0100, geoff wrote:

In message , MM
writes
On Sun, 2 May 2010 00:15:33 +0100, geoff wrote:

CPC have a self contained one

http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d014...ion/dp/TL13077

Yeah, but look at the price!

Nobody said it was for pikeys

Huh, they're probably the only sort who can afford it.


Bugger, the screen is now a mess!

On Sun, 2 May 2010 23:50:05 +0100, "Clot"
wrote:

MM wrote:
On Sun, 2 May 2010 15:10:49 +0100, geoff wrote:

In message , MM
writes
On Sun, 2 May 2010 00:15:33 +0100, geoff wrote:

CPC have a self contained one

http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d014...ion/dp/TL13077

Yeah, but look at the price!

Nobody said it was for pikeys

Huh, they're probably the only sort who can afford it.


Bugger, the screen is now a mess!

Try Kleenex. Works for me!

MM

On Sun, 2 May 2010 20:48:59 +0100, "spamlet"
wrote:


"MM" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 2 May 2010 16:06:41 +0100, "spamlet"
wrote:


"MM" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 1 May 2010 11:52:34 -0700 (PDT), Murmansk69
wrote:

A new shop called Clas Ohlson has opened in Leeds, they have a massive
catalogue and a website; I think there are about six other stores in
the UK

They have some really interesting stuff and I wondered if anyone had
tried this item:

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/link/m3/...?artnr=36-3804

looks like it would be useful for looking under floorboards etc and it
seems quite a reasonable price.

Goodness, I have been looking for an inexpensive endoscope FOR YEARS!
Maybe this is the one. I have always been puzzled why these things
haven't been much more widely available more cheaply, since the
professional ones can cost an absolute fortune (up to a couple of
grand). I was only recently toying with the idea of taking the camera
lens out of my cheapo webcam-on-a-stick
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=97259 and fitting it to a
home-made 'snake' of some kind.

MM

The hard part is anaesthetising your swallowing reflex, but staying awake
enough to steer, and not pushing straight through the bottom of your
stomach. My consultant has got it down to a minute per patient -
including
samples for biopsy! I am not sure that even he would try it on himself!

Yeah..... I actually could do with one for spying behind the dashboard
of my car where something has been rattling around in there for about
four years. I think it's a Biro.

MM

And, with any luck, it would come with an attachment for joining the blower
pipes back up without standing on your head and dislocating both shoulders!

S


I think I *shall* modify my webcam to poke the lens through a hole in
the dashboard.

MM