Another day, another problem. I have an Omtech 60 watt laser. I bought a Lightburn camera and mounted it to the inside of the front window. I performed lens calibration, all values less than .15 which I thought was great. Ran the camera alignment, and got great results except, on a large project, the laser head hit the camera. The initial location put the camera close to 90 degrees to the bed. But now, I’ve moved it towards the bottom front of the lid which when opened has thrown the accuracy way off, I’m guessing that it’s now due to the angle to the bed. I ran an alignment test again and the targets are distorted when I try to mark their centers. Please see attached photo. The laser head comes within 1 1/2" from the front window. The camera, including the adjustable housing projects 2" from anywhere it’s mounted. Any suggestions? Perhaps modifying the housing by cutting off the ears for the adjustable portion?
If you loosen the knobs of the mount, that should allow you to rotate the camera so that it points more directly downward. It’s critical that you still have the entirety of the bed in view if you want full coverage so watch out for that.
Is there slightly more clearance above the laser head, so that you could mount the camera on the metal bezel around the top (when the lid is closed) window?
My version of OMTech’s “60 W” machine has a continuous sheet of plastic bent from the top to the front side and I managed to stick a camera just below the upper bend:
There’s not much clearance with the lid closed, but at least it’s positive clearance!
Perhaps you can remove the adjustable part of the mount and stick the case directly to the bezel. Worst case: laser-cut angled shims and get primal with double-faced foam tape.
I removed the camera mount, removed the adjustable base, cot off the ears of the camera case, and with the help of a “Tilt Box” was able to determine that when fully open, the window that I wanted to afix the camera to was 6.5 degrees off, so I cut a small strip of wood with a 6.5 degee bevel, epoxied to the camera housing and double sided taped in place.
