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The New Hotness

  • Makergear M2: Octopi Camera Mount

    Octopirint / Octopi works wonderfully well as a controller / G-Code feeder for my Makergear M2. After putting up with an ungainly mass of tape for far too long, I printed Toddman’s Pi Camera Mount:

    Pi Camera - M2 Mount - Slic3r
    Pi Camera – M2 Mount – Slic3r

    Which snapped together exactly like it should:

    Makergear M2 - Pi Camera Mount
    Makergear M2 – Pi Camera Mount

    A strip of double-sided foam tape attaches it to the Pi’s case, which is Velcro-ed to the M2’s frame. The cable may be too long, but avoids sharp bends on the way out of the case.

    The whole lashup works fine:

    Pi Camera - M2 Mount - Octopi timelapse
    Pi Camera – M2 Mount – Octopi timelapse

    That’s a second set intended for the CNC 3018-Pro, but it didn’t fit quite as well. The B brackets are slightly too long (or their pivots are slightly too close to their base) to allow the C plates to turn 90° to the mount:

    Pi Camera - M2 Mount - Config 2 diagram
    Pi Camera – M2 Mount – Config 2 diagram

    Nothing one can’t fix with nibbling & filing, but I long for parametric designs …