JoeM 7,874 #1 Posted February 20, 2021 Working on old rusty's transmixer, and used the smart phone camera to take a closer look at this reduction gear bearing. Works pretty good, showed the wear on the rolling elements that my old eyes could not see. Worked good for getting those tiny bearing numbers too! 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,244 #2 Posted February 20, 2021 14 minutes ago, JoeM said: Working on old rusty's transmixer, and used the smart phone camera to take a closer look at this reduction gear bearing. Works pretty good, showed the wear on the rolling elements that my old eyes could not see. Worked good for getting those tiny bearing numbers too! That' why those new "eye" phones have a magnifier app--it can even turn on the LED light for those candle-lit dinners in the restaurant with the tiny print menus! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,695 #3 Posted February 20, 2021 Yepp. We do that quite often for lots of small stuff. Print, slivers, whatever part we're looking at.... Both of us have glasses that work fine. It's just much easier with the phone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #4 Posted February 20, 2021 A very underutilized tool! Sees behind things Remembers and documents Magnifies. A LOT! Videos! I just have to remember to use it! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevasaurus 22,767 #5 Posted February 20, 2021 My flip phone still rings when somebody calls. Amazing!! 1 1 1 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,164 #6 Posted February 20, 2021 I still have a old school projector lens that I used in my Napa days to read crap like burned up bearings from manure spreaders. Awesome magnifier. And yes those spreaders were always full when the wheels fell off in the field! 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,244 #7 Posted February 20, 2021 18 minutes ago, squonk said: I still have a old school projector lens that I used in my Napa days to read crap like burned up bearings from manure spreaders. Awesome magnifier. And yes those spreaders were always full when the wheels fell off in the field! Wondering why an empty spreader would ever want to have its wheels fall off? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #8 Posted February 21, 2021 On the most things i be in the lucky situation don‘t need glasses to be able to read, but newer things have the data‘s sometimes just lasered on or stamped that small and sometimes very weak. Depending on the available light sometimes it is extremely hard to read. For such things i use the iphone with attached lenses they be cheaply available. they be in a set from wide angle to narrow and also zoom lenses, basically they be for normal photography but i find they handy for that purposes. 👍 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheel Horse 3D 3,795 #9 Posted March 4, 2021 For seeing really small stuff I recommend the magnifier out of an old Ouija board! I've got two, One in leather case with firestarter, and another on my bench! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rick 233 #10 Posted March 5, 2021 For hard to read numbers, letters, etc. I take a pic with the smartphone and once the pic is in my gallery, I do the finger thing on the screen and stretch the photo. The phone can get in places where you can't put your head to read. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #11 Posted March 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, rick said: For hard to read numbers, letters, etc. I take a pic with the smartphone and once the pic is in my gallery, I do the finger thing on the screen and stretch the photo. The phone can get in places where you can't put your head to read. One of the best but I think most often underutilized tools that most of us carry on us all the time! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
