On-Rail Camera Mounting Arm For Prusa i3v by Zulfe

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

This work in progress is a camera mount that can be fitted to the aluminum extrusions that composes the frame for the Prusa i3v. It is designed specifically for a small Raspberry Pi camera module, and should work with the OctoPrint operating system for the RPi.
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Using the OpenSCAD files, you should be able to adjust the length and hole diameter values for the arm pieces. You'll want to set the hole diameter value to the diameter, in millimeters, of the threaded portion of your machine screws, minus ~0.2.
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REVISION 1 - 8.31.2014: Added base bracket with a fancier arm, which is narrowed in the center. Replaced the empty OpenSCAD file for the normal arm, which was (for some weird reason) empty. Will be adding second arm for unlimited, modular length and a camera module case fixed to an arm effector.
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REVISION 2 - 8.31.2014: Added the second arm piece that uses the same socket as the base. The two arm styles can now be used to modularly lengthen the arm. Smaller lengths for more degrees of freedom can be created in OpenSCAD using the OpenSCAD files. Camera module case for the arm coming soon!