Camera alignment on K40 mini gerbil

[riley1234198 (Paul Riley)]

have a problem with alignment of the camera on my K40. It calibrated with out a problem but when i do the alignment its all jacked up. I posted a picture of what its doing. This is a camera i got off amazon.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Might find this worth a review.

Tips for calibrating / aligning the camera

These are the most common reasons for difficulty with camera calibration: The camera doesn’t need to be on the machine for the lens calibration - It’s ONLY the lens and pattern that matter for this part, and the pattern can be scaled up. If you do it on the machine, if you have a honeycomb bed, cover it (bedsheet, paper, wood, etc) - the pattern gets misinterpreted as more circles and confuses the software. The printed circle pattern has to be as flat as possible . Glue it to wood or f…

[riley1234198 (Paul Riley)]

Thanks i think i got it now. Will try again later.

[LightBurn (Oz)]

That looks like the machine is skipping steps when moving between the different marker cuts. Likely your speed or acceleration (or both) are too high.

[riley1234198 (Paul Riley)]

I got it you were right speed and acceleration set to high.

Thanks