I'm not going to lie these 3D printers are frigging amazing, I wish I had one 20 years ago.
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I printed the base piece first to make sure the motor would fit and the base would fit well enough in the tube.
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Everything fit pretty well so far and the spring action walls seem to hold the base in the tube well enough.
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The rest of the piece where printed in one go. I printed the camera arm and pivot shaft in two separate pieces to make it easier to print and I will just glue it together later. I also printed an extra gear and e-clip just encase they needed a little fitting.
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After a little clean up all the parts ready to be assembled.
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Here is the assembled camera mount... so far everything is looking good.
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The back side... the e-clip needs to be a bit smaller so it doesn't hit the motor when the shaft is rotating.
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It still rotates a little faster than I would have liked (I'll have to take some video later) maybe I can slow it down with a resistor. It might need a few adjustments but so far it seems like it should work out.
I still need to get some tiny screws to hold the camera to the mount before I can fully test it.
-Steve
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