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Posted By: Ricky Lee McBroom
Date: Thursday, 2 June
2005, at 12:15 p.m.
After looking at Chris' splendid Credor, and after TicToc was so kind as to define "telemeter" for me (thanks TT!), I decided I had to have one. A telemeter that is.
But a quick check of turned up only one watch with a Telemeter, and a at that.
What to do? What to do?
!
First step was to pick a victim.. err, donor watch. Has to be a chrono, or there's no point. OK, that narrows it down to two. And one of those I am not gonna mess with, so it's the c-OMEX T3 by default. Anyway, I'd been thinkin' that the T3 needed something.. maybe that something is a telemeter!
Next step, fire up the CAD and model the telemeter:
Unigraphics NX2 screen shot After exporting the file to DXF, I take a stroll downstairs to my Tom Swift Laser Marking Machine:
Well.. it's not mine.. at $150,000 it's a little over my WIS Tools budget. But my emloyer has no problem with me using it for 'government jobs' at lunch time, so just as good.
Import the DXF, align it, and "Fire in the hole!!"
Voila! Instant telemeter.
Here's a :
Laser marking is very hard to photograph.. the telemeter actually looks a lot better on-the-wrist than that pic would suggest. This one's a little better:
All in all a fun and satisfying way to spend a lunch hour.. and low-cal, too!
Thanks for lookin'!
-Ricky
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