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    Adding Auto registration (a camera) to a Laser Cutter

    Hey All,
    I have a Chinese laser with a PHLC980 control board. Recently I have been using my machine to cut out printed graphics. Aligning the machine to the printed graphic always has a bit of error. Is there any way to add a camera to the machine and have it auto align to the graphics? Going the extra mile would be to add the auto tracing tools the ship with the glowforge. I am hoping there is some open source thing downloadable from github to get this thing done.

    Similar to this:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX9B0rms5lg

    Thank you
    Joe

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    Re: Adding Auto registration (a camera) to a Laser Cutter

    Quote Originally Posted by Megaplow View Post
    Hey All,
    I have a Chinese laser with a PHLC980 control board. Recently I have been using my machine to cut out printed graphics. Aligning the machine to the printed graphic always has a bit of error. Is there any way to add a camera to the machine and have it auto align to the graphics? Going the extra mile would be to add the auto tracing tools the ship with the glowforge. I am hoping there is some open source thing downloadable from github to get this thing done.

    Similar to this:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX9B0rms5lg

    Thank you
    Joe
    Hi Joe
    Please find below video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnMZ...OsVAbM&index=8
    www.thunderlaser.com

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