Periscope

by BevCanTech in Craft > Duct Tape

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Periscope

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A Periscope is useful to have to see over the heads of people at crowd events or over walls / around corners.

Here's how to make one using a couple of inspection mirrors. It's so simple to make you will be wondering why you haven't already made one.


A periscope can also be made from 2 different sized inspection mirrors. The one above can extend to 102 cm but when compact is only 21 cm long - short enough to be carried in a jacket pocket.

Supplies

Two inspection mirror on telescope handles

Duct Tape

Get Ready

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Assemble your tools and material.

Required:

  • A couple of inspection mirrors on telescopic handles
  • Duct tape
  • Pair of scissors.

Easy As.

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  • Have the inspection mirrors facing away from each other.
  • Cut off some duct tape with the scissors.
  • Bind the two inspection handles together with the tape as shown above.

Operation

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  • Position the top mirror to be on a 45 degree angle facing foreword.
  • Position the bottom mirror to be on 45 degree angle facing backwards.
  • Extend the telescope arm.
  • View through the bottom mirror - looking at the image in the top mirror.

Things to View

Good Girls go to Paris (1939) - Full Comedy - Joan Blondell & Melvyn Douglas
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939).mov
My Man Godfrey

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THIS IS SPINAL TAP - Commentary by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer