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  • MPCNC: Relocated Camera

    The original camera position put it close to the MPCNC’s DW660 spindle:

    MPCNC - original camera location
    MPCNC – original camera location

    Unfortunately, it sat slightly too close to the gantry roller along the X-axis for comfort.

    The effort required to pry the mount off its hot-melt glue bed showed it wasn’t ever going to shake loose, so I fired up the glue gun and stuck it to a better spot on the XY assembly:

    MPCNC - relocated camera - front view
    MPCNC – relocated camera – front view

    Seen from the side:

    MPCNC - relocated camera - side view
    MPCNC – relocated camera – side view

    Bonus: it’s now trivially easy to tweak the locking screw!

    Realigning the camera and recalibrating its offset proceeded as before.