Common questions about camera operation

In all changes in camera position to the original calibrated surface, an alignment must be made. The height is for machines with the possibility of raising / lowering the machine bed not a problem, but for most diode lases or the old K40 this is a problem.
Changing the angle from camera is even more critical. Change by only 1 degree gives something by approx. 7.5 mm alignment Difference at half a meter …

• Andrej

  : For me it is the case that the height of the position cannot change. But the angle can be adjusted by touching the camera. Does the camera have to be exactly perpendicular to the processing surface? The reason I ask is that I built a housing and the processing surface is partially covered when the camera is installed vertically.

• Gilbert

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  @Andrej

  : no, it’s an advantage, but not necessary. As long as it’s static it’s fine. Mine is off center by about 10 - 15 cm and it works In my old homemade housing for my diode laser, I just drilled a hole in the top, and it was reasonably centered, I do the same with my old K40, here I hit center, but as I said, right now on the current machine it is not at 90 degrees to the machine bed and still works super accurate. My biggest problem is the light, I can’t dim my camera connected to my Mac, I actually have to turn off the lights in the workshop to get the best picture, a bit annoying.