Buget Warco Major 5 axis conversion

[Tweaky]

Before starting on the Z axis, I needed to address the issue of positioning the work-piece accurately on the table.
I have to make an upper and lower bearing block for the Z axis ballscrew and cannot mount them together to machine them.
I watched ebay for a touch probe, but with digitising in mind, I decided to go the webcam route (also a lot cheaper).:heehee:
I bought a 1.3Mpixel camera and mounted it in a defunct waterproof cctv camera housing. This has two advantages, the cctv cam. has a C mount zoom lens with an iris control and is of course impervious to swarf and coolant etc.
I made an adjustable mount so that it can be aligned accurately.
After two failed attempts at making a magnetically coupled quick release, I ended up mounting directly to a 3 morse sleeve which I ground a groove into, so that the grub screws which adjust the x and y, also pull the mount to the sleeve.
I am very happy with this, not very pretty (as always!) , but very solid.
I have checked its accuracy many times now and it is always spot-on.
I will be adding a laser at 45deg. to give an accurate height later, an idea I stole from a professional CNC camera costing $650 !
This will enable the camera to be used to measure distances, holes and angles.
Also in the future I intend to use some software to scan an object and create a point cloud for digitising.