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Gravdigr · 03-04-2009, 01:24 AM

Hoar.

beauregaardhooligan · 03-06-2009, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Hoar.

Seems like I read sumthin' about each hoarfrost crystal grows under a speck of dirt or dust. I've seen it quite often early in the morning, it doesn't last long.

My turn.

classicman · 03-09-2009, 01:53 PM

and light emits through the colors? I believe the lenses are missing from the image. . . Am I even close?

beauregaardhooligan · 03-09-2009, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

and light emits through the colors? I believe the lenses are missing from the image. . . Am I even close?

Ex*treme*ly close, classicman.
The colors you see are not relevant to the function.

classicman · 03-09-2009, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beauregaardhooligan

Ex*treme*ly close, classicman.
The colors you see are not relevant to the function.

The worst part is.... I know I've seen that i the past and because of my misspent youth I cannot remember what it is. The memory is there, but I cannot grasp it firmly.

I have no recall left - just recognition.

Pie · 03-09-2009, 03:28 PM

inkjet printer?

glatt · 03-09-2009, 03:55 PM

the thing to the far left looks a lot like a CCD. Is the clear (full of spots) hunk in the middle a prism? It almost looks like it has a diagonal seam in it for splitting a beam. If it works with lenses, it must be part of some sort of scanner, like a photocopier.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-09-2009, 11:33 PM

A video projector.

beauregaardhooligan · 03-10-2009, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

A video projector.

DingDingDing!
We have a winner!

That view is of the business end of the heart of a 3LCD projector.
The corner of one of the LCDs is visible with the orange ribbon connector coming out the top.
Here is the full size photo.

glatt came close with the CCD and the diagonal seam.
It's actually two prisms joined to make a cube.
The color blotches are from the glue/epoxy used to attach the mount to the cube.
The angle of the shot accentuates that, but it does not interfere with the function.
Here are some shots of the stripped down cube.
It also has a di-chroic coating which makes for a really eye-catching bauble to put in a sunny window.

These shots are of the same cube at different angles.
In the second shot you can see a double reflection of my camera lens.

The company I work for installs and services audio/video equipment, and I took apart a dead projector to remove the circuit boards which are considered hazardous waste and can't be thrown in the trash.

There were also lots of lens, mirrors, and pieces of filtered/polarized glass in the "light tunnel assembly" as it's called.
A lamp sends light through the tunnel and probably a dozen lens/mirrors/filters before it is sent through the LCDs which actually form the image.
The image then comes out the open face of the cube before going through the focusing lens which projects it onto a screen/wall.

{Honorable mention to classicman, you almost had it!}

xoxoxoBruce · 03-10-2009, 09:15 AM

I'm confused, did this one project in three directions?

LabRat · 03-10-2009, 09:12 AM

I call dibs one of those cube thingies if you ever get a chance to take another one apart!!

Cool!

Pie · 03-11-2009, 04:15 PM

(oh a torus, not taurus.)

ZenGum · 03-12-2009, 05:21 AM

mmmmmmmm toruuuuusssssss.

Pie · 03-12-2009, 10:05 AM

Laser pointer and a crystal chandelier.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-12-2009, 11:28 AM

Beauregaardhooligan's cube is the new mirror ball.

03-04-2009, 01:24 AM	#1
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Hoar. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-09-2009, 01:53 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	and light emits through the colors? I believe the lenses are missing from the image. . . Am I even close? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-09-2009, 03:28 PM	#6
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	inkjet printer? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-09-2009, 11:33 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A video projector. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-10-2009, 09:15 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'm confused, did this one project in three directions? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-09-2009, 03:55 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	the thing to the far left looks a lot like a CCD. Is the clear (full of spots) hunk in the middle a prism? It almost looks like it has a diagonal seam in it for splitting a beam. If it works with lenses, it must be part of some sort of scanner, like a photocopier.

03-10-2009, 09:12 AM	#11
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	I call dibs one of those cube thingies if you ever get a chance to take another one apart!! Cool! __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

03-11-2009, 04:15 PM	#12
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	(oh a torus, not taurus.) Attached Images __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-12-2009, 05:21 AM	#13
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	mmmmmmmm toruuuuusssssss. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-12-2009, 10:05 AM	#14
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Laser pointer and a crystal chandelier. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-12-2009, 11:28 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Beauregaardhooligan's cube is the new mirror ball. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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