Re: What am I up to now?

[Tom Deering <tmd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/10/99, Alan Lewis wrote:

>I'll send you the bill Tom. ;-)

You should.  :^)  All "my" good ideas come from people on the list. 
:^)  None of my own ideas are worth a damn.

>Is this because I use mounting gauges and don't have convergence
>differences?  Or is it that the focus needs to be adjusted for showing
>the viewer around to different people? Or maybe people are after a finer
>adjustment than sliding can offer? (No fair answering "yes" to all of
>these ;-))

YES!  :^)

I set mine and leave it.  But when I hand it to other people, 
especially people who have never seen stereo, the sliding thing 
sometimes boggles them.  I've gotten to the point where I focus it 
for me (I have good uncorrected vision) and just hand it to them 
pre-focused.  We only play with it if they balk.

The fine focus is not a problem for me, although mine is sanded very smoothly.

>I can say that using rack and pinion for focus in a limited production
>viewer will increase the cost.  Is it worth it?

I would think it would add quite a bit complexity, manufacturing time 
and materials cost.  The original Saturn is a miracle of simplicity.

Tom