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purchased an syma x8w quad copter yesterday, nothing fancy but a good bit of fun.
the camera is comes with is shocking, I wasn't expecting much to be fair for the price. the camera is like being back in the 90's!!
it transmits via wifi to your phone and you down load an app to record/view...
power bank is my preferred option and it puts less wear on the car battery long term.
i have a 63 plate focus and the 12v socket is always live, which is really annoying. so Power magic pro connected to 12v socket of car, which then charges a power bank and camera connected to power bank...
so the idea popped into my head of wouldn't it be great if you could power a dash cam via a battery pack so it can be on all the time even when your not in the car.
the first issue I thought about was the car powering the dash cam whilst the engine is running and then switching to battery when...
had an amazing day today at southern manufacturing and electronics, so so many stands and things to look at. far bigger and busier than I expected.
the best stand was the has cnc one, there was just something about their machines that seem a touch better than the others there. a little bit more...
Look ace.
3d milling is not something I've really got into or tried, most of the stuff I do is just standard milling.
My cam program is only really designed for 2d stuff
um I look at it more like my 5 year old daughter who is in her first year of school. she is learning how to use a pen, write letters and words and will at some point move onto computers to learn typing.
To be fair I started on a basic manual mill then moved to cnc. So glad I knew the basics as there's do much to go wrong.
I know someone who purchased a tormach cnc mill and had it shipped from USA. He had never used a mill in his life before and we'll struggled like you wouldn't believe...