Home-brew Valve-Holder Adaptor Sockets for a Taylor 45D Valve Tester

[AlanBeckett]

Yes, I thought it would look good polished.
That Black Acrylic looks remarkably Blue in the Picture

Alan

[Refugee]

I would have varnished it.

[Yorkie]

Yes, I thought it would look good polished.
That Black Acrylic looks remarkably Blue in the Picture

Alan

Blame the cameraman for the manky pic - I was trying to find a shaded place out of the sun to avoid shadows. I stood it on a piece of white plastic sheet which the camera seems not to have liked. This camera is new and has 18 different settings - if I had any interest in photography I'd probably settle down and read the instructions, but I'm just a snapshot merchant really. The paint is actually 'ebonising lacquer' (used in woodturning to mimic ebony), but I thought that sounded a bit too posh. I sealed it with sanding sealer then sprayed it black so as to match a black octal valve-base - it's not an artefact or an ornament - it's just a coupler. As I said earlier, I only turned it in case anyone who was minded to make any adaptors but only had a woodturning lathe not a metalworking one, could knock one out in wood rather than plastic.

A bit pointless really because anyone with a woodturning lathe would know that anyway.

Something in beech not painted, or something varnished? See below for a re-run of one of each - where did I find the time? Must have had too much time on my hands!

(The beech for the 2" cube in a cube in a cube was from a firewood log I snaffled off my son's woodpile - the iroko for the 6" diam bowl was a scrap offcut from repair work on Hull dock gates).

[Retired]

Hi,

I too ended up with a black item turning out blue using my camera David and like you I'm not into playing around with camera adjustments only wanting to point and shoot; in my case it was a black Poly-V belt which was blue in the picture but it's the item in relation to the text which counts unless of course the colour is of some importance?

Your woodturning is top class David as Bron and I know having a selection of your turned items on display in our front room including one of your cube puzzles which must have taken you a lot of time and patience to turn; one slip of the tool and the puzzle would be ruined? Lovely workmanship.

Wood/plastic turning is rather like digging a hole in the garden; a small hole leaves a mountain of dirt; wood/plastic turning is just the same in that the waste peeled away has incredible volume compared to before turning; plastic is lovely material to turn coming away in long clinging ribbons and as you say David plastic can be turned either on a wood or metal turning lathe with ease.

Keep up the good turning work.

Kind regards, Col.

[Yorkie]

Same camera Colin!

I think it was actually the reflection of the blue sky that affected the earlier pic. (Not a problem you'll have to contend with in Fenay Bridge too often!). It's a bit cloudy today so I've taken another quick pic which is attached. The highlights are a bit blue, and again, I think it must be the reflection of the sky. Like you, I can't say I'm overly impressed with the close-up setting on this Nikon Coolpix L28 camera, but in fairness I haven't looked at the instructions in detail. It give 18 settings to choose from and I mostly use it on close-up or landsacapes. It would help I think if I used a tripod for close-ups and used a little 'photo-booth' or whatever they call them. Maplin and the likes sell them - I guess for people who put lots of pics of small items on e-bay.

[Retired]

Hi,

Thanks David; in my case I think my camera is in tune with me because I too am colour blind.

I'm actually doing better now with close ups. I select "scene" then select "close up" and generally the pictures are pretty decent considering how cheap the camera was to buy; like yours David the camera is a Nikon Coolpix 20.1 Megapixels and for my use does what I want of it.

The black Poly-V belts I took the pictures of turning out blue was done inside the garage so perhaps a software issue within the camera? As you rightly say David sun isn't usually a problem here because we see little of it most of the year?

Kind regards, Col.

[Nick]

The black Poly-V belts I took the pictures of turning out blue was done inside the garage so perhaps a software issue within the camera?

Nope. Its because the "white balance" on the camera was probably set to "auto", which is generally an acceptable compromise but never ideal.

You need to read up on your camera's white balance modes, and set it accordingly - incandescent, fluorescent, sun etc. all have differing settings.

[Retired]

Hi,

Many thanks for the information Nick; much appreciated. A case of when l else fails read the manual? I've never been into cameras and only wanted a point and go but as you say to get the best out of this camera I need to study the instructions?

Kind regards, Col.