Webcam Mounting Arbor

[micsit1]

As per the Digital Machinist magazine article I made a similar adjustable arbor for my webcam.

I wanted to check for accuracy and repeatibility in my newly modified webcam. So using Mah3mill:

. I setup a AL scrap using the cam crosshair to the part upper left corner
. Replaced the webcam with a 2 mm drill
. Ran a 40 holes grid file for real
. Rechucked my Webcam
. Ran the same file at a safe Z.

Results were very encouraging

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKtA4K_DSs0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKtA4K_DSs0

Michel

[aminear]

Nice job!!

You probably picked one of the most difficult camera shapes to work with.

Was it tough getting it centered?

Arnie Minear

[micsit1]

Arnie

Not at all.

More difficult are the cam settings like: focus, reflected light ...and one more annoyance that come up when closing Mach3 video window or trying to shutdown the cam.
I get always the following message: "webcam failed to disconnect"

Can someone help?

Michel

[aminear]

All I know is there was a bug in the earlier versions, I think if you stop the video stream first then close it, it is ok. I think they fixed that in the later version.