Hi all after consideration and looking at the Hemmingway kit I went the electronic route as the mill is cnc I used the PC for a camera with built in lighting about =A36 pounds and the centre cam software this is the link to the camera I brought usual disclaimer and if you google centre cam you get the software Because the camera is in a small metal case there is no need to remove it I'm pleased with the result anyway
Thanks Andrew Bishop
This was written up in MEW and Mike Trethewey offers the registration for an additional =A320. I went this way sometime ago with a redundant old laptop and as Andrew suggests, a light up webcam from a computer fair. It was a bit of a so and so getting a down load onto such an ancient machine but well worth the time.
Digressing( somewhat) Geometer in an old Model Engineer wrote up how he used used a has;;f opf a pair of binoculars in a series called-- Microscope on the Lathe.
Today, a pair of Chinese binoculars costs a mere tenner at local markets. For a further 3 or 4 Quid, I added a cheap childrens microscope.
Norman
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