P3D Re: Roll your own View-Master projector... ?

[jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gabriel Jacob)]

Steve Berezin writes
>I've thought of doing this with my Jr. projector.  I think the problem
>may be brightness.  It seems that the projector is fairly dim now and if
>you throw a polarizer over it it would be even dimmer.  The focusing
>mechanism is primitive, at best, also.

I have thought of doing this and has been on my list of project(or)s
to try out. However I have done some preliminary work last year with
a regular 50mm SLR lens and a 12V DC halogen lamp. Projecting a 2-D
image on the wall, it was comparable in brightness to a 300W V-M 2-D
projector! I haven't yet tried getting another lens to try projecting
3-D but it looks promising.
 
>Too bad they don't make an attachment for view-master reels that
>would fit into a Compco or TDC projector.

They don't have too! You can make your own attachment by taking
one of those flashlight type 2-D V-M projectors sold in stores
and convert it to project with your TDC. Just saw off the lens
head and battery compartment and sandwich the V-M carrier where
the normal carrier fits. It works! Check digest 1988 for a rather
long post, but simple explanation on how to go about doing this.
                             
Gabriel


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