Anyone know what this DRO is on Cloudray GM Neo ?
Is it something custom to cloudray or something off the shelf i could buy and fit to my 100w mopa ?
The CR GM Neo is 2.5d machine, mine is handcrank, but this kind of DRO would simplify things on any machine.
Reached out to Cloudray, but yet to receive a reply about if they would sell the part separately, as its not listed among parts/accessories they sell on their website.
Pic below a cropped screenshot of one of youtube videos showing it.
It does have some sort of ranging sensor in that wee box, not only the display.
Aaaand here come the “nope”…. dang it… way over budget… still waiting for cloudray to respond.
Any other ways to implement cheap ABSOLUTE dro (to bottom plate) in this case ?
30-40 quid buys a 500mm digital vernier style slide scale with digital head, but not sure about “absolute” part, as impossible to measure and calibrate to the plate and i’d need to reset it every time i switch the machine on. Which defeats the purpose of it all…
I’m using this autofocus system everyday, it really changed the way i can work with small focal length. I mostly do watch dial using a 50*50mm lens, depth of field is very small.
It allow to set the head at right height from the item you want to engrave(a endstop switch on tower for home can’t know the item height, the BLtouch can).
And i can do deep engraving with that small focal lenght by stepping down(by 0.02, 0.05 or 0.1mm) after x passes the Z height, manually on the touch screen.
The only thing missing is a way to send automaticaly a move Z command to klipper after x passes, and all would be perfect(or a custom gcode textbox, sended after x passes to add controller compatibility)
But i know it means handling two serial ports in Lightburn, i don’t know if it is a lot of work to add.
But one the other side, this BLtouch project works great and don’t need more features to be added inside Lightburn, just a basic second serial port and a Gcode textbox sent after x passes
still waiting for cloudray to respond.