C920 Webcam Mount by jamesdburrow

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

Design intent was to obtain an adjustable mount for the Logitech C920 webcam in order to watch my 3d printer remotely. Because different prints required different fields of view for optimal watching, I needed ways to have different levels of zoom in and out, angle adjustment, rotation left or right, or height adjustment up and down.
I did not want the webcam mount attached to the printer - to avoid vibration in the view. The solution here is what I developed to mount to the closet door that the printer works in. I can simply loosen the 3 screws to adjust height, rotation, and zoom field of view. The camera itself has an adjustable arm up and down, with a forward and backward tilting head.
Because of the constant loosening and tightening of the screws I opted to use heat inserts for plastic from McMaster Carr. Heat inserts are little brass inserts heated up with a standard soldering iron and sunk into the designed tapered hole. I've attached a pdf of design specs for a random size heat insert.
I really only needed one heat insert on the bottom of the camera cradle, but chose to put one on each side as well in case I ever wanted to mount the whole thing sideways. I've also used this mount upside down pyramid style loose on my desk. So it is pretty versatile to fit my needs.
Materials Needed:
One 8-32 .185" brass heat insert
One 8-32 x 3/8" screw
Two attachment screws that can fit in the 3/16 slots to hold it fast to your door/wall/desk.
Size:
3.75" wide
4.50" tall
4.25" long
.1875" thickness