On Tuesday 20 August 2013 12:56:32 andy pugh did opine: > On 20 August 2013 05:12, Greg Bentzinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > As to the camera mount - how about a male/female pair of vee shaped > > dovetails > > I have a cylindrical format camera that I was intending to mount in a > tool holder: > (A bit like http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270975087407) > > No need to calibrate that (or even align it all that carefully), the > spindle axis is represented by the pixel that doesn't move when you > wobble the spindle.
I considered that approach too but would need to rig slip rings for the usb connection, so I gave that up before it got to be all consuming. :) Its a neat idea though. And perhaps a good on on bigger more precise machinery than this one, which doesn't even have ball screws (but they are in the back of my mind) Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> Littering is dumb. -- Ronald Macdonald A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
