Laser replacement options/sources

[Rick Gibson]

For a laser you can also check your local dollar store. They have them there for a dollar or two as toys to torment your cat with.

[Ricc Havens]

I have several older laptops from my kids college days sitting around in the basement. I assume they run earlier windows systems like Win 2000 or Win XP. None have built in cameras. What would it take to use these with a camera? Is it just a matter of finding a driver? Ricc, I would be glad to send you one if I could get it to work with a camera. Time to clean out the basement of kid's stuff that has been here for too many years.

Pete - thank for the offer. But, in my small shop I don't really have the a place for a laptop near my lathe headstock. that's why I'm looking to the future of hoping to get a system put together with the smaller monitor from a backup camera or similar that I have seen others use.


Richard & Rick - thanks for the ideas!


Ricc