Re: New machine zeroing trick with laser

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Tony Jeffree <tony@...> wrote:

> I've mounted a webcam on the end of a piece of 8mm rod so it can be

mounted

> in the mill spindle, pointing downwards, and used a software package
> ("Willing Webcam" - see http://www.willingsoftware.com/) to display

the

> image on a PC screen with a graphic "graticule" superimposed on it.

See

> recent article in Model Engineers' Workshop. Works very well indeed.
>

What is the resolution of the position? Have you run any gage R&R on
your setup? How does it compare to an optical crosshair scope?

Willing webcam says that you should use an s-video camera. Does it
work with the usb type, still camera interfaces (like used on the
little web cams)?

> I believe that Mach3 now offers a similar capability...time for

DeskCNC to

> play catchup here, Fred?

Is this some kind of newspeak? What capability are you describing?

Fred Smith - IMService