Optical Tool Setter

Used a Veo USB webcam in my custom housing to align the spindle with a mark on the part. Can position it on a hole,cross hair, ceterpunch mark etc.
Use Centrecam or the video window in Mach 3

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• cnc
• mach3
• optical
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• setter

[circuitgenius]

I could see this being a life saver when trying to center something on a lathe...

So many times you need to use a 4 jaw chuck to hold your work.

Depending on the shape and if you need to hold off center a 4 jaw can be a bear to zero in. This camera in the tail stock could save TONS of time. Your a genius DAN

[hossmachine]

@circuitgenius i'll have to remember to try this with the lathe, good idea.

[janedoe1024]

What guarantees that the line-of-sight of the camera is coincident with the Z axis?

[hossmachine]

@janedoe1024 by testing at different z heights during initial calibration

[brenck]

Hi,

Do you still use this? Does it work good doest it work making one?

I mean I just did one for me but I am having trouble to center my camera. I just wanted to use this to find edges os parts before milling...

[hossmachine]

I dont use this for finding the edges anymore, i use the automatic probing instead.

This is just for checking things like the lead angle on an endmill before grinding these days.

[berntd]

Sorry to come in so late here but how did you make the cross hair lines or were those part of the original camera?

[brenck]

Hey,

I just finished mine, works great, I think just an eletronic edgefinder would work better, but for what I am using for now that webcam is just perfect. Thanks for the idea man

[dav1dh0ff]

nice idea

[hossmachine]

Yeah, I use it to line the center of the spindle up on the corner of my work piece. I make that the origin in my programs.