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   BarryE | Jan 20, 2008 09:15pm | #1

   RIDGID SeeSnake Inspection Camera;

   http://www.toolfetch.com/Category--Lighting--25643.shtml

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   Barry E-Remodeler

    

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   Francorosso | Jan 20, 2008 09:21pm | #2

   That is a very cool tool, and exactly what I am looking for except for the price.  This is for very infrequent use so I'm still looking for something under 100 dollars if anyone else has any ideas....

   Franco

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   PaulBinCT | Jan 20, 2008 10:08pm | #3

   Someone must have them for rent.  For the amount of BS and cost you'll go through trying to rig something up, I can't imagine it will be worth it... just my .02$ ;)

   PaulB

    

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   jhausch | Jan 20, 2008 10:50pm | #4

   Look for a cheap ethernet webcam with 640x480 resolution.  Since you will be on the same LAN as the camera, the speed and resolution should be sufficient.  Look for one with a ring of integral lights.

   It probably won't be lipstick or bullet style, but should be small enough.  You'll also have to figure out how to mount it to a stick or fiberglass fishing rod (fishing as in electrical fish-tape, not "hey der I gotta lunker on da hook!")

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   xxPaulCPxx | Jan 20, 2008 11:02pm | #5

   Ethernet cams will cost more than a regular USB webcam, which would be hooked up to a laptop.  Tape an LED flashlight to it, and figure out how to put in on something... I'm thinking 3/4 flex conduit.  Sturdy but rigid, and can fit the USB plug down it.Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA

   Also a CRX fanatic!

   If your hair looks funny, it's because God likes to scratch his nuts.  You nut, you.

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   jhausch | Jan 20, 2008 11:33pm | #6

   Yes, you are right, a USB camera is a better and probably cheaper choice. 

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   alwaysoverbudget | Jan 21, 2008 04:56am | #7

   check hd they have the ridgid with what looks like a shorter cord,maybe less bucks.larry

   if a man speaks in the forest,and there's not a woman to hear him,is he still wrong?

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   Hudson Valley Carpenter | Jan 21, 2008 07:00am | #8

   Go to a local electronics store and look at surveillance cameras.  There are some tiny cameras on small squares of fiberboard, also lipstick/bullet cameras.  Both can be wired to a camcorder or directly to a TV monitor via RCA.   They require a 12V power source, any battery. 

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   caseyr | Jan 21, 2008 07:47am | #9

   Last week I bought a backup camera< to put on the back of my RV, at my local Costco. I think it may have been $79. It was wireless and has an LCD viewing screen (maybe 3"x4"??). It would probably be more rugged than the UCB cameras and you wouldn't have to drag your laptop around with it. You would still have a kluge up a light. And when you finished this job, you could put it on the back of your pickup to help line up your trailer.

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   reinvent | Jan 27, 2008 12:38am | #10

   There is this sort of thing:

   http://www.raidentech.com/miwicocaspyc.html

   Part of the expense of the seesnake is the LCD screen. If you have a video camera then you can forgo that cost.

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   brownbagg | Jan 27, 2008 01:00am | #11

   http://www.professionalequipment.com/xq/ASP/qx/default.htm?CMP=KNC-Google.two ways to screw up concrete 1) concrete driver 2) concrete finisher

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   ANDYSZ2 | Jan 27, 2008 06:26am | #12

   That is unbelievably cheap at under 40$ its almost disposable at that price.

   I think I am going to put one on a miniature RC jeep to find clogs in 4" french drains.

   Got two I have needed to fix for a customer for a while.

   I will attach a marked for distance string and tie it to the jeep and run it up to the blockage so I know where to dig.

   Very cool ordering a couple of them next week.

   ANDYSZ2WHY DO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT BEING A SOLE PROPRIETOR IS A REAL JOB?

   REMODELER/PUNCHOUT SPECIALIST

    

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   rasconc | Jan 27, 2008 07:30am | #13

   Reduce your carbon footprint, strap it to a gerbil. (:-)  Or catch a blacksnake and do your own seesnake.

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   reinvent | Jan 27, 2008 05:20pm | #14

   Yeah then the docs can get an up close view of how you got bit. LOL

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   BillHartmann | Jan 27, 2008 11:42pm | #15

   This is probably going on close to 8 years ago, but in another forum some one did just that.They had storm drain so it was larger. Don't know what they used, but some kind of video RF transmitter to get the signal out. The cammera might have even been a cam corder..
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   A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.