Well, allright then, my "legal" name - Bob D. Bobson IV. But instead of money, I only have Snickerdoodles... Good thing I didn't tell you to get the shotgun for a multi-hole pinhole project...
Don --- John Moore <jlmoore...@myway.com> wrote: > > Okay, I've gone & made the camera. I took a 16x11x11 > cardboard box (from one of the WAY too many online > auction purchases) & cut one end off & mounted a > piece of aluminum foil on the end. I then taped the > hell out of it (photoblack+carton+duct) and put it > all back together for a firing test. I don't know if > the hole that the BB makes is neat enough for a > clean pinhole image- I'll have to test that later. > > That's the good news... now the bad news: 1st, I cut > myself with the carton knife I was using (thankfully > only once- but it was through the first layer of > skin) then, I used the BB gun that has the CO2 > cartridge (WAY TOO MUCH POWER) and the BB went > through the foil, through the back of the box, > bounced off of the workbench and through my glasses > & I SHOT MY EYE OUT! > > So- I'll have to request the addresses of each of > the original posters of this thread, as my attorney > will be contacting each of you tomorrow morning. > Since I live in California, I plan on bringing a > lawsuit against each of you for not warning me of > the dangers of BB Pinholing. I'm looking for the > deepest pockets here, so you might as well make it > easy on yourselves & fess up to your annual incomes. > I'm sure Marcy's collection of toy cameras has to be > worth serious bucks at this point- so I'm expecting > a HUGE settlement! > > If I can get some assistance with another test in > the morning- I'm hoping I can talk one of my > neighbors into performing the firing sequence (while > I'm busy in the darkroom). If this works, I'll post > some results here: > http://www.speakeasy.net/~jlmoore/bbpinhole.htm > > If none of my neighbors are willing/gullible, then > maybe I can talk my attorney into performing this > test. > > John Moore > Ramona, CA > > > > > John Moore > Ramona, CA > www.thejohnderosa.com > > --- On Thu 03/13, Guillermo < pen...@rogers.com > > wrote: > From: Guillermo [mailto: pen...@rogers.com] > To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 21:57:05 -0500 > Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Willarney's BB > Idea > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <michael_georg...@trendmicro.com> > >To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> > >Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 6:12 PM > >Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Willarney's BB Idea > > > >Philip Willarney, I salute your brilliantly nutty > idea! (And am not > >surprised Ms. Merrill, our associate in wierdness, > came out to > >comment!). Now, given that an airgun bb has a > diameter of .175", > >we'll need Guillermo to tell us how far apart the > inner sides of the > >box need to be. > > Without taking my trusty slide ruler out to make the > calculation, I can tell > you it would need to be like the "mother of all > pinhole cameras" (or not). > > Guillermo > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ > > > _______________________________________________ > No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. > Introducing My Way - http://www.myway.com > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com
