Occifer Bob Watcher

Cutting 15cm length of PVC in half required more than what I had with the compound mitre saw of goodness.  I wound up next door with the neighbour's table saw.  He said, "That smells funny."  I mentioned that he might not want to inhale the fumes - they might be a tad carcinogenic.  Hence cutting outdoors was a good idea.  Oh - I wore safety glasses for those who were paying attention...

Pictures to follow tomorrow morning.

I managed to get the pipe that I wanted, cut to the desired length, and put the SBC into it for sizing.  I'll have to cut the pipe down the middle so I can easily insert and remove the guts.  I'll also have to cut a hole in the top for the mirror mast assembly.  For the cutting, it's been recommended by a coworker that I use a table saw and some sort of jig to hold everything together.

I want to cut up some more pipe to help with the sealing and weather-proofing of the unit.

Endcaps will be purchased once I'm ready to retrieve them.  I guess if I don't get things cut up this weekend, I'll work on the software.

I'm skipping opencv as I'd have to get a better microSD card and I don't have that in my budget.  So I'll roll my own lib4vl grabber and dewarping algorithm...

Tonight I'll be  acquiring 1 x RPS Products ABS DWV CELLCORE 04INx3FT for my enclosure.  I talked with a co-worker about  the enclosure - I'm looking at end caps such as this one: Oatey 43805C 4-in Dia. PVC Cap.   The enclosure sealing will be performed with some pipe cutting magic.

I managed to get the mirror case and mirror together with the help of some playdough.  I took some photos and demonstrated to my colleagues how my idea is going to shape up.  I'll draw up a diagram of the system and submit it next.  It's all coming together slowly....

Oh well - I'll contribute updates to this project - I just never got around to getting the video going.

I have decided to work with PVC piping to build the enclosure - cheap and easy to work with and I've done other projects with it including a monitor mount for my basement wall.

I managed to acquire all of the components I listed except for the conical mirror and the bits of plastic that I intend to use to house it all in.  I'm contemplating PVC as I just love to cut and join the stuff.  I'll assemble the gear and take photos once I'm back in my workshop.