anyone volunteer?

trevort · Post by **trevort** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:05 pm

to try one of these as a borescope as long as its not for a 17 or 20 cal

http://www.dx.com/s/inspection+camera

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:19 pm

the smallest lens on those is 5.5mm

no good to me.cant see that fitting up a 30 barrel.

[unless im wrong...been known to happen]

Camel · Post by **Camel** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:33 pm

I was just on that site buying a torch mount for a scope.

If you are supplying the borescope, Ill try it out for you.

Camel · Post by **Camel** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:34 pm

LoneRider wrote:the smallest lens on those is 5.5mm
no good to me.cant see that fitting up a 30 barrel.

[unless im wrong...been known to happen]

5.5mm is pretty close to 22 calibre, 5.56, so this is one time that I reckon your mathematics has let you down mate.

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:07 pm

Camel wrote:
LoneRider wrote:the smallest lens on those is 5.5mm
no good to me.cant see that fitting up a 30 barrel.

[unless im wrong...been known to happen]

5.5mm is pretty close to 22 calibre, 5.56, so this is one time that I reckon your mathematics has let you down mate.

not surprised.

so....if you send it , pictures will come...

trevort · Post by **trevort** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 6:37 am

No no. I need one of you mugs, er I mean friends, to try a few out and tell me which one works

Camel · Post by **Camel** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:15 pm

Trev, I tried one out in the shop, which one would you like ?

then you can purchase it and we can use it as a bit of forum whore equipment.

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:09 pm

like i said...if you send it,pictures will come

im not buyin shit less i need to.

Seddo · Post by **Seddo** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:20 am

I have one of the $25 ones from eBay. I don't think I have put one up a barrel but it make it easy to look at some cases I though we're going to seperate

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:50 pm

so what was the outcome here ?
i am finding myself in need of a look up a bore to see whats happening.

which is going to be worth buying ? [in the cheap but not nasty range]

The Raven · Post by **The Raven** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 3:33 pm

I recently bought the Aldi unit but haven't tried shoving it up a bore yet. The flex cable is rather rigid and the head is probably too large for anything less than probably 30cal. The ALDI unit came with some attachable mirrors (and batteries) etc, but the attachments will only increases its diameter.

Pic quality is OK but the colours aren't perfect, so even if it did fit a bore it's unlikely to help with accurate reading of copper and lead deposits etc.

One nice feature is a video out socket (3.5mm from memory). That said, it's a handy tool which I can see myself using for automotive applications etc.

I plan on testing it on a rotary engine soon, plenty of access to the engine internals but too many curves/bends to do any normal eyeball inspection. Will be interesting to see how it performs.

Haven't looked at anything beyond the Aldi unit. Price made it a "can't go wrong" sort of tool that could be very handy.

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