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    Experimenting with Webcam for Visual Workpiece Referencing/Positioning

    Hello all,

    I own a Sherline mill for months already. It always bothers me whenever I have to center the spindle to a marked point... I never seems to get it to be accurate... I have edge/center finder but too lazy to use them...

    I came across a site using webcam to visually reference the spindle and I was hooked... After a quick purchase and hacking, it was operational (not without glitch though...)

    Here's some photo of what it's all looked like... as always, more details/photo at my blog...
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails FlexCam.jpg   DSC01309.jpg   DSC01156s.jpg  
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