[TheForge] OT - Video Camera ?

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Hi Bruce;
Closed loop of video tape till linkage fails and shuts it off?...pf

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> I'm tapping this list for its diverse expertise.
> 
> I mean to set up a piece of motorized equipment, and
> run it until a particular linkage fails.  I need a
> record of when and how the linkage fails.  Problem is,
> in one test the linkage broke within fifteen minutes,
> and in the next test it was still going strong an hour
> later.  I sure don't want to sit there and watch it!
> 
> I might be able to use a trick to signal me when it
> fails (by breaking a microwire and throwing a switch)
> but I'd rather record it on video.  
> 
> What I'm wondering is whether there's some cheaply
> available videocamera.  B&W would do.  Need not be
> high resolution.  Used equipment would be fine.  I
> could possibly record on a VCR videocasette, using the
> slow speed.  
> 
> Cheap is in order, but I do have some money to spend
> on this.
> 
> Any ideas or suggestions?  
> 
> Bruce
> NJ
> 
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