Monitor screen overlay

[Paul Lajoie]

Wondering what everyone uses to cover the monitor screen when hollowing. Used the protected overlay when it was new, then tried stretch wrap but marker ink eventually does work itself thru onto the screen. Can you buy the overlay that now monitors come with? Got a link? Thanks for any help



Paul

 

[Lou Jacobs]

I just use 3 ring page slipcovers. I cut them open so it’s one ply, and use a piece of masking tape at the top edge to hold it over the monitor. My system has been “upgraded” to using a boroscope camera and an old iPad, but this is the only shot I’ve got of the overlay.

 

[Paul Lajoie]

Thanks Lou I’ll give that a try! I checked your insta gram, you do a lot of hollow forms it looks. Very nice work!

 

[Lou Jacobs]

Thanks Lou I’ll give that a try! I checked your insta gram, you do a lot of hollow forms it looks. Very nice work!

Thanks Paul! I feel like I’m really still learning. And the fact is I mostly use the laser rather than the video system (this was recently discussed on another thread). I find it a bit easier to be looking at the form rather than away at a monitor. But that’s just personal preference.

 

[John Torchick]

Would a piece of Plexiglas work? Secure with clips, etc.?

 

[Richard Coers]

I use acetate, like the old transparency sheets used on overhead projectors. Don’t buy many, I’m still on my first sheet that must have 15 years of use.

 

[Lou Jacobs]

Would a piece of Plexiglas work? Secure with clips, etc.?

I think the thickness might create parallax issues (different view depending upon the angle it’s viewed from).

 

[John Torchick]

How about the clear sleeves for inserting notes that could slip over the monitor?

 

[john lucas]

There are all kinds of clear material in the school supply section of office supply places. I just cut it down to size ant tape it on.

 

[Paul Lajoie]

So from the 5 suggestions here got me thinking, my wife’s been going thru mil’s old photo albums
Saving what she wants and trashing what she doesn’t. Well the clear sleeves that hold the pictures should work fine! Tried a sharpie on one color looks great but doesn’t wipe off, I’ll try some dry erase markers. Either way should a couple uses out of each if i move sheet around as needed. Think I’ll still try the plexiglass just to see if it alternates the view. Thanks everyone!


Paul

 

[Hugh]

I am wondering if a thin piece of mylar would work? I think it would be impervious to a sharpie pen.

 

[Richard Coers]

So from the 5 suggestions here got me thinking, my wife’s been going thru mil’s old photo albums
Saving what she wants and trashing what she doesn’t. Well the clear sleeves that hold the pictures should work fine! Tried a sharpie on one color looks great but doesn’t wipe off, I’ll try some dry erase markers. Either way should a couple uses out of each if i move sheet around as needed. Think I’ll still try the plexiglass just to see if it alternates the view. Thanks everyone!


Paul

You need to use dry erase markers

 

[Sam Fleisher]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKQRXMZ8?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

 

[Richard Coers]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKQRXMZ8?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

$6.63 for 30 sheets, 8 1/2x11. Do you use a monitor that needs 24” sheets?

https://www.amazon.com/Transparency-Quick-Dry-Universal-Projector-Transparencies/dp/B09WRJ2HNF/ref=sr_1_5_sspa?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8vocZyCdJKi8iXWVLKhHPLe6zmx-uMfEcdFMzI9IJ8CEQX9yIK-holaHiRxYM3QZaJEOYCrMOG6r3loV65zuZVXqdJeDn6PxrK03ATt-V0uL66Glh8bIab__0zmt3mIMnLFvNFX4oUKSZrZwAkQKQPDYcCyhdxIzbJqm0NUgv8MQLl6Q-XBodhv2c0lYxtarPN7LprMe4gzXPUSNXG9w6PBD_0srLjzh62uF3zN2oA07xI9JZJdWK_TufHzmi_YAQKDmhB8FitcaAvRZHX6DJO0s8B7cgOOIPvwMPAV5Uko.2JvIX5PZ_BGf6ODnSpO667dbqwHwlivOHSbeEkAt06w&dib_tag=se&keywords=overhead%2Bprojector%2Bsheets&qid=1774760441&sr=8-5-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

 

[Doug Freeman]

I use transparency sheets with a printed “target”, no marking required. It does have to be scaled to your camera/lense/distance to lathe centerline, easy to do. Tape to screen with painters tape.

 

[Darryl Fective]

I always keep a roll of clear contact paper (shelf liner) material around. I used it for a number of years when I was manufacturing custom tank grips for different models of motorcycles. It's great for creating patterns, because it's self-stick adhesive keeps it in place without being too aggressively sticky. It's also clear, so you can see thru it well enough to see what's under it and Sharpie marks well on it. I had leftover aluminum coil from building my house, so I could stick the sketched pattern to it, cut out the aluminum, and have a thin template that I could flip for cutting mirrored left and right pads.

 

[Darryn Achall]

So from the 5 suggestions here got me thinking, my wife’s been going thru mil’s old photo albums
Saving what she wants and trashing what she doesn’t. Well the clear sleeves that hold the pictures should work fine! Tried a sharpie on one color looks great but doesn’t wipe off, I’ll try some dry erase markers. Either way should a couple uses out of each if i move sheet around as needed. Think I’ll still try the plexiglass just to see if it alternates the view. Thanks everyone!


Paul

I use 'wet erase markers'. They work great on clear plastic. Wipes off clean with a slightly damp cloth.

 

[Dave Landers]

I use 'wet erase markers'. They work great on clear plastic. Wipes off clean with a slightly damp cloth.

Wet erase markers is what Trent uses on the visualizer monitor - direct on the screen, wipe off with a damp cloth.
If I were still using the visualizer that way*, I'd have made little transparency squares for each tool with distances marked on them, and just tape those on the monitor each time rather than drawing on the screen. Not due to any damage to the screen, but just for convenience.

* I run my camera into the computer, and 'green screen' the tool overlay.

 

[Paul Lajoie]

Wet erase markers is what Trent uses on the visualizer monitor - direct on the screen, wipe off with a damp cloth.
If I were still using the visualizer that way*, I'd have made little transparency squares for each tool with distances marked on them, and just tape those on the monitor each time rather than drawing on the screen. Not due to any damage to the screen, but just for convenience.

* I run my camera into the computer, and 'green screen' the tool overlay.

I saw someone on youtube do the tool “green screen” overlay. That would be ideal, but I’m not that computer savie. Plus I use an ipad, don’t know where to begin. Got some wet erase markers today.

Paul