Re: [Emc-users] how much to make this

2012-10-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 October 2012 13:55, Stephen Dubovsky wrote: > Remember the mount has > to be adjusted for both tilt and offset so that distance from the > workpiece doesn't cause errors. Yes and no... With the webcam the axis of the spindle is the pixel that doesn't move when you wiggle the spindle back a

Re: [Emc-users] how much to make this

2012-10-18 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
$200 is the import version. The good ones are *MANY* times that. There are no specs on the import but the good ones are tenths reading/accurate. Often w/ replaceable templates so they work as a mini optical comparator (sort of a mini toolmakers microscope reticle.) They were used with jig borers

Re: [Emc-users] how much to make this

2012-10-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 October 2012 13:28, Stephen Dubovsky wrote: > http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PARTPG=INSRAR2&PMAKA=240-0404&PMPXNO=487 $200? For that price you can buy and mount a USB Webcam and buy a cheap tablet for the display. Then you have a cheap tablet too. -- atp If you can't fix it, you

Re: [Emc-users] how much to make this

2012-10-18 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Przemek Klosowski wrote: ... and when that surface > is in contact with your part there is no parallax. There is also no light or any way to see the reticle then either;) The commercial ones have magnifying eyepieces too. Heres an import version from enco but it

Re: [Emc-users] how much to make this

2012-10-18 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:24 AM, Marcus Bowman wrote: > Richard, > Interesting device, but... > To avoid errors, I would have thought you need to eyeball the centre dot > directly, from above, otherwise the axis of eyeball and dot is at an angle > and will only be coincident with the spindle axi

Re: [Emc-users] how much to make this

2012-10-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 October 2012 08:24, Marcus Bowman wrote: > Interesting device, but... > To avoid errors, I would have thought you need to eyeball the centre dot > directly, from above, otherwise the axis of eyeball and dot is at an angle > and will only be coincident with the spindle axis at one point al

Re: [Emc-users] how much to make this

2012-10-18 Thread Marcus Bowman
Richard, Interesting device, but... To avoid errors, I would have thought you need to eyeball the centre dot directly, from above, otherwise the axis of eyeball and dot is at an angle and will only be coincident with the spindle axis at one point along that axis. I use a "proper" centering scope

Re: [Emc-users] how much to make this

2012-10-17 Thread jeremy youngs
check enco i think they have them for 25 or so On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:45 PM, wrote: > For those with equipment precise enough to make this, what might you > charge for one with a 1/4" shank > http://email.villagepress.com/pub/MW/20121016/20121016.html > > Richard > > -

[Emc-users] how much to make this

2012-10-17 Thread kqt4at5v
For those with equipment precise enough to make this, what might you charge for one with a 1/4" shank http://email.villagepress.com/pub/MW/20121016/20121016.html Richard -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make yo