Connector Webcam - Telescope by Beatrice1975

Last crawled date: 2 years, 12 months ago

I modified an old Philips SPC900NC to be used as a tool for image capturing with a Meade telescope. So I've designed a connector that fits both the slots of camera and telescope.
The connector is a series of three cylinders that I had to connect with two cones (wich angle is less than 45° so that can be printed without any support material).
These three cylinders, from the larger to the smaller, have the following diameters:
31.4 millimeters (mm)
17.4 mm
11.7 mm
The larger one fits inside the oculars holder of the telescope.
The second and central part passes through the front aperture of the webcam.
The smaller part fits inside the slot where the webcam lenses were, right where the CCD sensor is.
The whole connector measures in lenght 68 mm.
DON'T THROW AWAY THE LENSES OF YOUR WEBCAM!
You can use them to build a tiny cute microscope, as you can see in my other project:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1005879