[MBZ] Chinee Endoscope

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

I think we were discussing the cheap (sub $10) eBay/Chinee endoscopes a while 
back.

I just got mine last week and had a chance to play with it last night.  I found 
that on a Mac if I used the Photobooth application and chose the USB camera as 
the input it worked great.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262310448166?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&var=561070589046&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

No do it yourself colonoscopies just yet, but with the little time I spent with 
it I think it could easily pay for itself with a couple of uses.



Dan
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Re: [MBZ] Chinee Endoscope

[clay via Mercedes]

Good to know.  I just got mine and will see how it interfaces with my macbook

clay

> On Jul 14, 2016, at 9:00 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I think we were discussing the cheap (sub $10) eBay/Chinee endoscopes a while 
> back.
> 
> I just got mine last week and had a chance to play with it last night.  I 
> found that on a Mac if I used the Photobooth application and chose the USB 
> camera as the input it worked great.
> 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/262310448166?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&var=561070589046&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
> 
> No do it yourself colonoscopies just yet, but with the little time I spent 
> with it I think it could easily pay for itself with a couple of uses.
> 
> 
> 
> Dan
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Re: [MBZ] Chinee Endoscope

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

I'd be interested since I have a macBook.  What do you use it for again?

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I was dinking around with all sorts of third party open source
> camera apps and while reading on some forum about them I noticed someone
> mentioned PhotoBooth.
>
> Having always thought about PhotoBooth as a goofy throw away toy sort of
> app I have never used it but maybe once to see how it worked, many years
> ago.
>
> Imagine my surprise when I opened PhotoBooth, went to Preferences and
> chose “USB Camera”!
>
> Fun.
>
> Dan
>
>
> > On Jul 14, 2016, at 3:11 PM, clay via Mercedes 
> wrote:
> >
> > Good to know.  I just got mine and will see how it interfaces with my
> macbook
> >
> > clay
> >
>
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Re: [MBZ] Chinee Endoscope

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Yeah, I was dinking around with all sorts of third party open source camera 
apps and while reading on some forum about them I noticed someone mentioned 
PhotoBooth.

Having always thought about PhotoBooth as a goofy throw away toy sort of app I 
have never used it but maybe once to see how it worked, many years ago.

Imagine my surprise when I opened PhotoBooth, went to Preferences and chose 
“USB Camera”!

Fun.

Dan


> On Jul 14, 2016, at 3:11 PM, clay via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> Good to know.  I just got mine and will see how it interfaces with my macbook
> 
> clay
> 


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Re: [MBZ] Chinee Endoscope

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

I just bought it for scoping stuff on the car in hard to get places.  I’ll have 
the injectors out in the next month or two if things go well and I’ll use it to 
take a look at the cylinders while the injectors and glow plugs are out just to 
see what it looks like inside the engine.

For under $7 to my doorstep I figure if it helps me once it’s more than paid 
for itself.

Dan

 
> On Jul 14, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Andrew Strasfogel  wrote:
> 
> I'd be interested since I have a macBook.  What do you use it for again?  
> 
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
> mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
> Yeah, I was dinking around with all sorts of third party open source camera 
> apps and while reading on some forum about them I noticed someone mentioned 
> PhotoBooth.
> 
> Having always thought about PhotoBooth as a goofy throw away toy sort of app 
> I have never used it but maybe once to see how it worked, many years ago.
> 
> Imagine my surprise when I opened PhotoBooth, went to Preferences and chose 
> “USB Camera”!
> 
> Fun.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> > On Jul 14, 2016, at 3:11 PM, clay via Mercedes  > > wrote:
> >
> > Good to know.  I just got mine and will see how it interfaces with my 
> > macbook
> >
> > clay
> >
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Chinee Endoscope

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

On July 14, 2016 at 3:38 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes  wrote:I'd be interested since I have a macBook. What do you use it for again?I'd use it every time I drop a tool under the hood and don't hear it hit concrete (which is about twice a year, I drop stuff a lot, but most of the time it lands in plain sight or falls all the way to the floor).Mitch.
 

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Re: [MBZ] Chinee Endoscope

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

That’s what my $5.99 mega magnet on a stick from Sears I bought in 1981 is for. 
 I was working on my Pinto and dropped the hex tool for the head bolts down the 
oil drain on the back of the head.  I ran to Sears and found the magnet on an 
extendible stick for $5.99 which I used to extract the hex tool from the oil 
pan with.

That tool has saved me more times that I would like to recall.

Dan


> On Jul 14, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I'd use it every time I drop a tool under the hood and don't hear it hit 
> concrete (which is about twice a year, I drop stuff a lot, but most of the 
> time it lands in plain sight or falls all the way to the floor).
> 
> 
> 
> Mitch.
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Re: [MBZ] Chinee Endoscope

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

Does the chinee scope have a light you can control via Photobooth?

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Re: [MBZ] Chinee Endoscope

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

There is an adjustment wheel on the side of the plug where the USB plug is 
located.  I just noticed it today, but haven’t had a chance to plug it back in. 
 I would assume that’s what it’s for.

Dan


> On Jul 14, 2016, at 7:09 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Does the chinee scope have a light you can control via Photobooth?
> 
> -
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Re: [MBZ] Chinee Endoscope

[Joel Cairo via Mercedes]

I have one of those magnets too, probably a Sears.  Do you have a link 
to the colonoscope?  I think I have seen them on DX or banggood but if 
you had good luck I'll order one from your vendor too.


--JC


On 7/14/16 5:02 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

That’s what my $5.99 mega magnet on a stick from Sears I bought in 1981 is for. 
 I was working on my Pinto and dropped the hex tool for the head bolts down the 
oil drain on the back of the head.  I ran to Sears and found the magnet on an 
extendible stick for $5.99 which I used to extract the hex tool from the oil 
pan with.

That tool has saved me more times that I would like to recall.

Dan



On Jul 14, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes  
wrote:

I'd use it every time I drop a tool under the hood and don't hear it hit 
concrete (which is about twice a year, I drop stuff a lot, but most of the time 
it lands in plain sight or falls all the way to the floor).



Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] Chinee Endoscope

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

I got a similar doodad via banggood that plugs into my android phone or 
my computer. Interesting dual sort of plug for usb.

Got it to work on the Samsung phone. Have not tried it on the computer.
Thought I would mostly use it with the phone as that is smaller and more 
portable than a laptop.


RB

On 14/07/2016 9:26 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes wrote:
I have one of those magnets too, probably a Sears.  Do you have a link 
to the colonoscope?  I think I have seen them on DX or banggood but if 
you had good luck I'll order one from your vendor too.


--JC


On 7/14/16 5:02 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
That’s what my $5.99 mega magnet on a stick from Sears I bought in 
1981 is for.  I was working on my Pinto and dropped the hex tool for 
the head bolts down the oil drain on the back of the head.  I ran to 
Sears and found the magnet on an extendible stick for $5.99 which I 
used to extract the hex tool from the oil pan with.


That tool has saved me more times that I would like to recall.

Dan


On Jul 14, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
 wrote:


I'd use it every time I drop a tool under the hood and don't hear it 
hit concrete (which is about twice a year, I drop stuff a lot, but 
most of the time it lands in plain sight or falls all the way to the 
floor).




Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] Chinee Endoscope

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

I should try mine on one of my iPods with the USB adapter.  Since it works with 
Photo Booth it may very well do the same on the iPads.  That would definitely 
be better than having to mess with the laptop.

Dan


> On Jul 15, 2016, at 11:32 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I got a similar doodad via banggood that plugs into my android phone or my 
> computer. Interesting dual sort of plug for usb.
> Got it to work on the Samsung phone. Have not tried it on the computer.
> Thought I would mostly use it with the phone as that is smaller and more 
> portable than a laptop.
> 
> RB
> 
> On 14/07/2016 9:26 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes wrote:
>> I have one of those magnets too, probably a Sears.  Do you have a link to 
>> the colonoscope?  I think I have seen them on DX or banggood but if you had 
>> good luck I'll order one from your vendor too.
>> 
>> --JC
>> 
>> 
>> On 7/14/16 5:02 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>>> That’s what my $5.99 mega magnet on a stick from Sears I bought in 1981 is 
>>> for.  I was working on my Pinto and dropped the hex tool for the head bolts 
>>> down the oil drain on the back of the head.  I ran to Sears and found the 
>>> magnet on an extendible stick for $5.99 which I used to extract the hex 
>>> tool from the oil pan with.
>>> 
>>> That tool has saved me more times that I would like to recall.
>>> 
>>> Dan
>>> 
>>> 
 On Jul 14, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
  wrote:
 
 I'd use it every time I drop a tool under the hood and don't hear it hit 
 concrete (which is about twice a year, I drop stuff a lot, but most of the 
 time it lands in plain sight or falls all the way to the floor).
 
 
 
 Mitch.
 
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