Astroprint Set for Monoprice Maker Select Plus by ericwe67

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

Add a Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 (plus power supply and SD card) and a Microsoft LifeCam 3000 to create an entire Astroprint (or Octoprint) setup with a bed mounted camera for your Monoprice Maker Select Plus printer.
This is a remix and modification of several other things as noted in the sidebar. I modified the sleeve adding larger openings to make connecting power easier and scaled up the entire object to make inserting and removing the whole Raspberry Pi easier. I combined the two camera arms into one and did not modify the bed mount.
Printing and Usage: Print the bed mount with supports and a raft in ABS or PETG; others can be printed without supports or rafts in PLA. The hole in the bed mount is for an M3 screw and nut to clamp the mount to the bed; you can use one of the short screws you removed from the printer frame to mount the sleeve. The camera mount and bed mount are bolted together using a longer M3 screw and nut. The sleeve is mounted by replacing the short M3's in the vertical upright with longer versions; there are no nuts as the screws attach directly to the printer frame. The bed mount and camera mount can be used together on other printers as well. I mounted to the back of this printer; have also designed a shorter mount to reduce required desk depth.
Pi3: https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Model-A1-2GHz-64-bit-quad-core/dp/B01CD5VC92
Microsoft LifeCam 3000: https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-T3H-00011-LifeCam-HD-3000/dp/B005BZNEKM
Astroprint: https://www.astroprint.com/
Octoprint: http://octoprint.org/
Optional USB powered LED light that plugs into Pi: https://www.amazon.com/Daffodil-ULT05-USB-LED-Light/dp/B00BWU18S0
Happy printing and filming!