photo editing/enhancing

Steveh101 · Oct 18, 2017

Hi guys, hope this is he right place for this! I have attached a photo of the front cover of a Padovani Labor 200s lathe which one of the members was kind enough to send me. I am wondering if anyone has the skills to make the bottom panel more visible

so I can get the details off it and get a decal made to replace the one which rubbed off.

Many thanks

Steve

ps123 · Oct 18, 2017

Sorry, not enough resolution there to do much of anything.

Mcgyver · Oct 18, 2017

if only it were like TV where some tech takes a shitty CTV frame, presses the magic button and you can do a thread count on the guys shirt.

if you zoom in on your photo, you eventually are looking at pixels, individual blocks of colour. You can't get more detail out of it than that. You need a high enough resolution such that anything you want to see is distinctively made from smaller pixels. I sure wish those responsible for putting jpegs in docs and pdfs on web sites knew this.

billzweig · Oct 18, 2017

If you can get a higher resolution photo there are many free image manipulation programs. I like the "gimp".

Steveh101 · Oct 18, 2017

You have no idea how frustrating it is to see machines with the details there and not be able to read them! There must be a way to get the info!

Mcgyver · Oct 18, 2017

find someone with that machine, a take a decent photo of it with a good camera. You're not going to get anywhere with the one posted - see above image of the pixels.

Alternatively figure out the gearing and roll your own

DDoug · Oct 18, 2017

Suggestion:
The title of your post is very vague.
When you do get a good picture, please post it in your original
lathe thread.

lionelt · Oct 19, 2017

If this is the same lathe?

Ask for a close up of the speed chart.

Padovani Labor 2 S Engine Lathes (Sliding, Surfacing And Screw Cutting Lathes) used machine for sale

A link to another disscusion, maybe one of these posters still have the lathe and can photo for you?

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...mori-seiki-lathes/labor-italian-lathe-130846/

dsergison · Oct 19, 2017

If your only missing a few numbers rubbed off of your own machine you can bet they are even intervals in a series between the numbers you do have. I would make an excel spreadsheet and try to get the columns and rows of all the numbers to line up an get the fonts and line weights as best you can then and go to a trophy or award engraving shop and ask them to engrave or laser etch or print it to fit your overall dimensions.

recreating nice looking numbers and lines from a picture is a terrible idea.

dsergison · Oct 19, 2017

excel is a bit of a pain, but your nameplate looks very simple and well suited. If you put the gearing math in the spreadsheet you can use it to calculate ratios not given on the original sheet, but that is difficult work.

here is a sample I started

Steveh101 · Oct 19, 2017

Hi guys, thanks for all reply's, I had seen the post from kgm110 and have sent 2pms regarding info but as of yet no reply, I have also asked the dealer for some close up shots of the control panel, I looked at the spread sheet but I have no idea on where to start with gear ratios, so that looks like a no go. My search continues!

dsergison · Oct 19, 2017

Steveh101 said:
Hi guys, thanks for all reply's, I had seen the post from kgm110 and have sent 2pms regarding info but as of yet no reply, I have also asked the dealer for some close up shots of the control panel, I looked at the spread sheet but I have no idea on where to start with gear ratios, so that looks like a no go. My search continues!

it's just like a fill in the blank. you don't have to do the math, you can, but you don't have to. It's going to be a number in series. for instance

find the missing number in this series. 20,24,28,?,36,40
it's 32. each number is 4 more than the previous.

if you fill in the numbers you can discern, I can help you figure out the ones you can't.

KMoffett · Oct 19, 2017

Ever see the photos or videos from store security cameras? Ever wonder how the "lab experts" on detective shows take a low resolution, grainy picture and massage into images of license plates numbers or criminal's faces. You can't.

Ken

dsergison · Oct 19, 2017

Steveh101 · Oct 19, 2017

Thanks guys, some good info there, have sent the broke a message about lathe, I have a guy in Germany who deals with old Padovani lathes looking for a data sheet for the panel, have pm'd kgm110 about the posts in other thread. Cant do much more! would love to fill I the blanks on the chart but its a big blank

Steveh101 · Oct 20, 2017

Have been offered a panel at £400 plus tax and shipping. I think that is a bit out of my range so my search will have to carry on!

EPAIII · Oct 20, 2017

There is only one place on earth where distinct images can be made from those blurs: HollywoodLand.

EPAIII · Oct 20, 2017

Tell them you want a good, clear photo of the panel to help you decide on the purchase.

Steveh101 said:
Have been offered a panel at £400 plus tax and shipping. I think that is a bit out of my range so my search will have to carry on!

Steveh101 · Oct 23, 2017

Brilliant news for me. A lathe parts company from Germany sent me an email with a pdf drawing of front panel information. Perseverence pays off. Thanks for all your input guys. Brilliant forum and will hanging around.

Steve.

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