Camera Mounting Clamp

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This Thing is a mounting bracket for fixing a webcam to a flatscreen, table, desklamp, or whatever object it needs to be fixed to. Clamping of objects up to 45mm is possible, although it is advisable to put a rubber pad on the stationary clamp side, to prevent it from slipping off its base, so depending on what you use the maximum clamping thickness gets reduced more or less. The Mount offers two degrees of freedom for adjusting the camera. For the moment I have uploaded a draft of a sleeve to hold a Microsoft LiveCam Studio webcam, which can be held in Place by clamping the sleeve with a M5x35-40 bolt and a fitting nut. In my case the camera fits the sleeve so snugly I didn't need a retaining bolt. The sleeve might get optimized in the near future, I designed it while half asleep and it could be better, but it works for now. The Button on top of the cam is covered by the sleeve (in the current version), although there are holes for the mic. I intend to add mounts for other things like flashlights or other cams in the future, if I deem them useful. Print Settings Printer Brand: RepRap Printer: Modified Huxley Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: AFAP Infill: 60% Notes: Printed in PLA with 0.4mm layers for the C-Clamp and Camera Sleeve, 0.25 for the small parts. Everything should already be oriented the best way for FDM printing Post-Printing Printed Parts: Print each part once. Or n-times , if you need to mount n Webcams (n should, ideally, be a natural number here - otherwise things might get complicated.) Vitamins for one complete mount: 2x M8 Nut 1x M8x65 Bolt (Shorter is okay, if you only need to clamp to thick objects) 1x M5x25 Bolt (For fixing cam sleeve to swivel) 1x M5x35-40 Bolt (For retaining camera in sleeve) 4x M5 Washers 2x M5 Nuts (Flat ones are okay) 4x M3x6-8 DIN912 hex socket bolts 4x M3 Nut Assembly: The assembly should hopefully be pretty self explanatory. Well, I'll explain anyway. Mount the swivel on the C-Bracket using the swivel-retainer plate and the M3 screws. If your printer is better calibrated than mine, and the swivel has so much play that it won't stay in the desired position, put a thin spacer under the swivel knob (folded paper, cardboard, washer...). Mine works just fine without any post-print cleaning of the parts. Press or glue one M8 nut into the clamp pad. Insert the other M8 nut into the hexagonal recess in the bottom of the C-Clamp (It will be held in pace by the clamping force, but if you like you can glue it anyway) and screw in the M8 bolt to secure it. Screw the pad onto the M8 Bolt until the bolt doesn't go any further in. Mount the Cam sleeve using the M5x25 bolt, M5 nut and two washers (under the head and the nut) Slide the clamp in the sleeve. (Optional) Put the remaining M5 bolt through the holes in the sleeve and carefully clamp the camera using the remaining Nut and washers.