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I am on the digital snap. I am now putting memory with digital. having some luck, but a beginner I still have to build more confidence and practice, practice and more practice. More patience is also required for these task. One thing in my favor is "Persistence". One of my greater assets, like we say in the duce. (Rock-up and get the task at hand done.....!) Along with a few more chosen words. Advice was good, thanks. Ed.....

Speedos or "Budgie smugglers" are what you wear when you are doing the dusting in your house on a Sunday while singing "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor

Hey Paul, I am not sure posting your Sunday routine is o.k . on here, but hope you have fun anyway, William

Shhh..dont tell everyone

What is a good price to pay for one of these cameras and a better place to acquire it? as a beginner and working more so on the poorer side of things, I would love to have one. I spend relatively decent funds on most tools as they get the job done and a camera for my memory loss will be wonderful, just has to be fairly inexpensive. I am a disabled vet and living on a constant budget. But so far holding my own, bottom line, that's all that really matters to me. I heard Harbor Fright, doe's that cover cameras also.....? Thanks guy's, Ed.....

Hey Ed, I have a "cool pics" 100 (I think) it was pretty expensive when I bought it new, basically I think any digital camera may work. I am not up on these electronic type devices so I have been hoping someone out there who knows about cameras would give some advice. I dont want to steer you in the wrong direction, I did see alot of used digital cameras on ebay that may work but once again I do not know much about them. One idea may be to stop into the electronics store and ask a bunch of question and get some prices. have a great day,William

I'm going to agree 1000% with Arutha, except I just use my mobile phone camera and take step by step pics, usually about 8 will do, then I create a folder on the PC and put them in there for future use. That keeps your phone clean.

It certainly cuts down on many containers and the memory can relax ...

Chris

Hi Chris,
your mobile phone is the perfect solution if you have a decent quality camera on it, mine is quite poor so wouldnt be an option for me, especially if I need to capture anything in detail. Digital cameras are so cheap now, you can pick up an old 6 megapixel Canon compact for peanuts on the auction site, the quality is amazing and they have a good macro function(depicted by a small flower symbol) so well worth keeping an eye out for.
Don't worry about megapixels too much either, this does not give you a better quality picture once you get above 3 megapixels, it just means the more you have the bigger you can print out the picture.
Paul.

You're absolutely right Paul, there are some nice reconned cameras on the market, ebay especially. I have about 5 different cameras including a cannon model which takes me ages to set up and i'm a lazy sod

A mobile camera is just convenient, quick and easy, but unlike my cameras, the phone is always in my pocket so available, and for memory purposes, it's perfect for re-assembly where quality isn't a huge concern but putting the right pieces back in the correct order is

Chris

I only do clocks so my technique is to put each train of gears into a separate baggie, same with the levers on the front, and the chime/time hammer assemblies. Then I put the bags into my ultrasonic. After the wash, I rinse the parts while their still in the bags. Drying depends on the part, but usually a blot with paper towels and then air dry. For the parts that get water inside them, I use a paint stripping heat gun and adjust the distance to the parts as necessary.

When the parts are clean and dry, they go back into fresh bags to keep them separated until its time to put in those specific pieces.

Steve,

I was wondering what kind of bag you use in your cleaner and also what kind of ultrasonic cleaner you have.

Thanks

Jan

I just use cheap plastic sandwitch bags and leave the top open. The bags fill with solution and maybe some of the solution moves in and out, but I'm dubious of that because when I put something very dirty into the bag and then the bad into the ultrasonic, the solutino in the bag gets very dirty but the tank doesn't get much dirtier. I have a 2 1/2 gallon Branson 5510 that was service about 2 years ago when the agitation pattern started getting weak. I use Heritage Ammoniated Clock Cleaner at about 3 cups per tank. Might not be real strong, but it works pretty well.

I've also been starting to do a preclean on the plates, arbors and gear teeth with something like carbon tetrachloride. Then it takes probably 1/4 as long to clean the parts.

My digital camera finally bit the dust a while back so I tried using my iphone 5s camera to take both photos and video as I take apart my wristwatches. The standard camera software from apple wouldn't let me get close enough to focus on the small detailed parts. I downloaded a new camera app called procamera ($3.99) and it works perfectly! You can hold the camera back a bit and then zoom in and get a very high quality zoom-able HD picture or video that will have plenty of detail. It also has lots of exposure features. It has saved me several times so far because like the OP I also have a bad memory and as a noob until I get some bench time under my belt I will continue to snap a picture or short video showing how that little spring goes back in place. The App has a HD video add on for $1.99 for HD video that I also bought. For $6 i have a HD camera and video recorder better than any I ever had as a standalone. The new smartphones from the iphone 6 to the new Androids have fantastic new camera technology so don't overlook them when you aren't happy with the zoom in capabilities check out the camera apps before investing in a new camera.

Cheers,,
Glenn

If you buy really cheap wire parts baskets (like I do/did) be very careful to check up under the edges of lids when you take them off. They will hide jewels and little screws very well. I bought 4 of the very small thimble sized wire baskets that have a little top that snaps on and they do have a little cavity where the mesh wire meets the metal rim that can grab screws and jewels. I think I am going to have to rethink my containers for these tiny parts in the future especially jewels.

Even with the screwed together baskets one has to be verry carefull. Sometimes little wet screws stick to the inside of the basket and go unnoticed.

Jan