One warning red and black 700x500 owners need to know (and others should check) is whether there is enough clearance with this design for the moving head of the laser when the head is operating while located toward the very front of the machine. I just happened to notice this issue when I was watching closely as I closed the lid. I mounted my unit as far forward on the lid as practical so it would be most centered when the door was up (guessing this would make distortion correction easier). The picture below exaggerates the issue due to the angle I had to use with the camera, but the top brass adjustment knob will strike the mount. I think I can fix this by narrowing the excess width of the camera holder’s design.
Interesting - I think there must be more than one version of the the red and black machines in the wild because on mine the head clears the camera just fine. Hmmmm…
For others with 700x500 machines who run into the same problem, modifying the width of the camera holding portion from 45 mm wide down to 30 mm wide gave me enough clearance. Thanks for creating an easily modifiable design, Chris.
Take a look at the first messages in this thread - those are pictures of the finished mount with the camera. Not sure what else I can do short of taking it off the machine? What are you having problems with?
I was directed to this thread from the FB page.
Here was me looking for inspiration (I had in mind a basic box and a RAM type mount).
This is so much more simple. Thanks for sharing.
I went with Oz’s suggestion for the 140. It works fine but subsequently I have seen others here say the 120 works fine with their Ebay classic 700x500 red and black. If I did things over, I would probably go with the 120 because The 120 lens will have less fisheye distortion to correct and the camera’s resolution will be concentrated on a small space which should result in better image definition. Do the measurement and calculation Oz provided on the camera page to make sure it will work for your particular laser chassis.
