I was thinking of buying some Red Plexiglass Sheets to put over my laptop screen
http://www.edirectory.co.uk/pf/880/mia/d/3mm+transparent+red+perspex+plexiglass+acrylic+sheet+500x1000mm/pid/5934896
They are £21 inc. postage for a 500mm x 1000mm x 3mm sheet, which I reckon will easily do 3 laptops. Does anyone else want some of this? If I get a sheet it will work out at £7 per laptop so if anyone else does want some I will order as many sheets as necessary.
With more and more laptops being used at DSC it is essential that we keep the screen glare down to a minimum. The flexible red acrylic stuff is easily damaged and a pain to use in the field whereas a hard sheet can be velcroed on and easily removed and stored away.
yup, I'm up for a piece...
Me too.. Cheers, John
OK that's one sheet at least - Anyone else?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3mm-RED-GENUINE-PERSPEX-Cast-Acrylic-A4-Sheet_W0QQitemZ190176073902QQihZ009QQcategoryZ26258QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
don't know if this is as good, its smaller and pre-cut.
remember still have loads of the plastic red sheet laying about.
That's solid red, not transparent. Might make viewing the screen a bit difficult ;)
good for night vision though
cheers Mike.
OOoh Ian you've gone over your 1000th post !
Yes please Mike
And one for me as well - thanks.
If there is any left I'll have some Mike.
Carole
That's two sheets.
Add me to the growing list :lol:
Cheers
I would like some as well please - hope I am not too late.
Cheers
Delphine
No worries - 3 sheets so far and the price is now down to £5.28 per sheet.
I'll have a piece if theres any left.
Tony G
Yep, that's 9 making exactly 3 sheets.
OK 3 sheets ordered that will make 9 night vision screens. Expected delivery 2-3 working days. As 9 people requested the final price came down to £5.27 per screen.
I think I might try and set up some ducting so the cooling fan will blow between the plexiglass and the screen. Might stop some condensation...
Thanks for organising this mate.
OK these sheets have only just arrived today, literally as I was packing the car for DSC. I have therefore not had a chance to cut them all to size. I will therefore do it next weekend and bring them along to the Xmas Meeting.
If you give me the exact measurement that you want it cut to then I will do so, otherwise I will just cut 1/3 of the sheet for you which will be 500mm x 333mm.
12" x 9.5" please.
Thanks
Carole
OK Carole is the only one that gave me dimensions and therefore will get a custom cut sheet. The rest of you will get the default size. I am bringing them along to the Xmas meeting. Please bring along your £5.27 please and a mince pie for Rudolph.
Guys - apologies but i've had the lurgy so haven't had a chance to cut your sheets ready for the meeting. What I will do is drop them off at your home addresses on Saturday morning if you are in. If not, PM me a time over the weekend that is convenient and I will drop it off then.
Mike, if you are happy to hang on to it until the next meeting, I am happy to wait.
Carole
Whatever suits you Carole. I don't mind either way.
Mike - Seems like you are going 'above & beyond the call of duty' hand delivering all these... To be honest I have no problems waiting till the next meeting - Obviously, I can post you the money (I should have given it last night thinking about it... sorry :-( ) The reason I want the red plexi is for DSC - I don't tend to use in my garden as I'm not bothered with the visual stuff from Bromley - it's normally crap anyway...
Cheers, John
Likewise Mike. If you (and I) are at the next Ctty meeting, I could take it then, otherwise next meeting would be fine.
I am happy to wait until the Committee meeting as well Mike. It is very soon anyway.
Cheers
Delphine
The next meeting is fine with me also.
Cheers
Mac.
Same for me - I'm in no hurry.
OK Thanks guys i'll leave it in the car and give it to you when I see you next.
I will be bringing this along to the Observing Session tonight. If you're going to be there don't forget your £5.27p's please. :)
Mike,
If you are at the committee meeting tomorrow, I'll collect mine there and another calendar, if there is any left. If not I'll see you Friday.
Tony G
Collected mine tonight, thanks Mike for cutting and smoothing down the edges.
Now all I need is my laptop back from my daughter (who's borrowed it while my telescope is out of action), and my telescope repaired and I can resume trying to do imaging !!!!
I'll come to the imaging session on Friday with or without telescope, to watch and learn.
Carole
Forecast for Friday is rain :(
Will there still be a talk on Astrophotography?
If so can the use of software be discussed.
I think my K3CCDtools version 1 has expired while I have been waiting to get my scope repaired. I assume it won't work without. Would you need me to bring my laptop and get it updated, or does some-one else have version 1 on theirs they could bring (i.e. Delphine or Miriam)?
Otherwise I will have to get my laptop back from my daughter and update it before Friday.
Carole
Yes there will be a talk on astrophotography. I haven't had time to make a presentation but I will demonstrate some stuff in photoshop.
I have no idea what you mean by the K3CCD thing.
It's the imaging programme that Ian told me to download. Don't worry then, you can hardly demonstrate it if you are not familiar with it.
It has capture and stacking to the programme. I'm OK with the stacking bit, just needed some help with the imaging bit as I couldn't get all the controls to work, but I'll ask some-one who uses it.
See you tonight.
Carole
If you are referring to K3CCD I am sure we can figure out what you need.
John, Mac and Ian - You are the last 3 that I still have the plexiglass for. I will bring them along to the meeting tonight.
Cheers Mike I'll make sure I bring the dosh.... :-)
ok, see you there.
can I have a discount seein' as you've only got one left?
Bollocks! I should think not, old chap!
Who censors this page?
Me :)
Oh dear, funny!
In case you're wondering I'm not a prude I've just not very good at making jokes.
Carole
If any-one hasn't fixed their plexiglass yet, I've just done mine and it was dead easy.
I put a piece of the soft side of velcro on the 4 corners of the screen frame as Mike suggested and 4 pieces of the hooked side of the velcro on the corners of the plexiglass , but instead of using glue as Mike suggested I used self adhesive velcro as this could be peeled off at a later date if you didn't want permanent velcro on your laptop.
This holds very securely and is simple to do and the lip closes OK.
Only problem is I can't see my mousepointer through the screen (in daylight) - lets hope it's visible in the dark.
Carole
Whoops (must check my postings before I "post"
and the lip LID closes OK.
Have my Plexiglass set up on the laptop, works really well! Thanks Mike.
mines in my car.
Havent had a lot of time at the moment.
I've put mine in my window at home. It's got a light behind it to remind me that I need to do something with it.
Keep getting strange men call at the door at funny times of the night though...
Watch your back, Ian!
OOOPS!!!!!! :oops: :oops:
I didn't realise that was your house, anyway that dress didn't suit you,the pattern clashed with your lip stick.
DOH!!!!, this isn't helping my longest thread record!!!!
Tony G
Astronomy is an expensive hobby... :o