That or a metric yardstick....oops I meant meterschtick. ;-) Damon B Telrad Electronics Fort Wayne IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "becyn" <becyn@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 2:23 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: An idea for setting convergence > Damn! > Thats a stroke of pure genious! I LIKE IT!!! > The whole thing probably costs less than a single mylar overlay > and no taping problems! > > The only thing you might need next is a metric tape measure for those > "bottom up" calibrations. > Thanks for sharing it. > > Jim McVey > McVey Alltronix > 327 Broadway > Newburgh N.Y. 12550 > > "If it doesn't play... > CALL MCVEY !!!!!!" > Factory authorized > service for over 20 > major brands. > 845 561 8383 > (Last of the Mohegans) > > walter wood wrote: > > >Just thought the lists might be interested in > >something I did. > >I bought an inexpensive laser level, and an > >inexpensive camera tripod. > >I attached the level to the tripod with silicone > >sealant(that way it CAN be removed.) > >I've found this useful for finding the center of > >the screen and don't have to worry about the string > >sagging. > >It also works well to straighten the lines out when > >an overlay isn't available. > >In fact, except in the most extreme cases, I doubt > >that an overlay will ever be needed again. > >If this helps anyone, I'm happy. > >Walter > > > > > >Walter Wood > >United TV Service > >501 Poplar St. > >P.O. box 602 > >Pulaski Tn. 38478 > >mailto:wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > >This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > >Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > >Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > >Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.3/106 - Release Date: 9/19/05 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/