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Building an indoor crony platform. Ending frustration for you and me.

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Dave_Cole
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Oklahoma
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 I’ve read where guys have had difficulty getting accurate crony readings because of weather, sun, clouds, rain etc., as I have and even shot their chrony (as I have too) so I built this platform years ago. It’s worked like a dream ever since. 

However, my attempts to make fun videos for airgunners over the last year has suxed. Until just recently I had been using a hand-held video camera sometimes mounted on a tripod which worked great but the video editor Windows Movie Maker would occasionally trash and crash hours and hours of work.

At the Texas Airgun show Joe Wayne Rhea and I were talking about his videos and what type of editor he used. He suggested trying a free (my kinda price) app called Splice.

I decided to make a short video of something with substance and learn the app. I found the app very easy and hope to get back to some trouble-free shooting (video that is) ?

Thanks for watching!


   
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Bigbore
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 You could probably use a higher wattage bulb but you will need to diffuse the light. Light kits typically have diffusers. Diffusers will give you more bulb options.


   
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(@hector_j_medina_g)
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In the video you say you have tried every possible light source.

Since most shadow sensors are designed around the Infra-Red section of the spectrum, I'm wondering if you have tried IR LED's.

Incandescent bulbs convert to visible light between 2 and 4% of fed power, the rest is heat (IR light). That's why you have found them to be reliable and consistent.

But IR LED's could do the job with 1/10 the wattage.

 

 

Keep well and shoot straight!

 

 

 

 

HM


   
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Doug_Wall
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I have my chrony  (with tubular incandescent lights mounted on the diffusers) mounted on a tripod, that I can just place at the business side of my indoor shooting bench. That way, I can do accuracy testing and velocities at the same time. The whole thing probably weighs less than 15 lbs. I also advocate having thick Lexan shields in front of the sensitive parts of the chrony to protect from stray shots.

"But IR LED's could do the job with 1/10 the wattage."

I tried white, and red LED strips, but both were unreliable for me. Didn't try IR LEDs. I had the incandescent lights hanging around, and figured that for the little time that they were on, the extra Watts didn't matter that much.

 

 


   
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(@hector_j_medina_g)
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Doug

It's not a question of savings on the electric bill.

It's a question of sensor saturation, that leads to inconsistent readings.

 

HM


   
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