Minimalist Pi Cam Mount for Ender 5 by ShaunTheBaa

Last crawled date: 3 years, 3 months ago

Hi guys, this is my minimalist mount for a Raspberry Pi Camera for the Ender 5.
I found heaps of designs on thingiverse and all of them either required extra parts like bolts or needed a longer ribbon cable for the camera. Not being able to find cables over 30cm long to suit my Zero W, I thought, why make a fancy intricate design when all it needs to do is point at the hotend. Also I wanted a design I wouldn't snap off with my arm or wouldn't have to move to repair or modify my printer.
My mount just sits on the front right corner of the printer, and, that's it. What more does a camera need to do? It has a ribbon retainer to keep it all neat and points down at an angle so you can see the bed and hotend.
It only requires 2 8mm length bolts and 2 t nuts to retain it, and to hold the ribbon cable in place you can use these. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4617906