GoPro Hero 3/4 360 Spherical Mount / Rig V2 Remix

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This is my remix of martin19791121's design (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1257407) and also my first contribution to Thingiverse. I thought his design was the best I found here for a 360 video rig but, after making one, there were a few things that I wanted to change and add. Here is a list of changes: -I redesigned the brackets so no screw was necessary. It was just too time consuming to change the batteries out when in the field recording. With my new brackets I can change all 6 batteries in under four minutes. -Due to the new bracket design I had to reinforce the tab/slot where the bracket hinges in. I broke one of the original style tab/slots because there is a little more pressure being put on it when snapping the top of the bracket in and out. (This isn't shown in the photo I added but is in the stl files) -I designed lens caps for the gopros and also added a place on the gopro holder to snap the lens cap to when recording so the cap doesn't get misplaced. Due to the layout of this rig, the top 3 cameras have the lens cap holder in one spot, and the bottom 3 cameras have them in a different location. So you will need to print 3 of each of these camera holders. -I widened the slot where the wifi button is to help get a better grip on the camera when pulling it out of the holder and I changed the record button area from a slot to a hole. -I also changed the way I mount the rig to a pole. No modification to the cube was necessary but instead of just placing a 1/4 20 nut in the center chamber of the cube I also added a 3" bolt to the mix. I threaded the nut about an inch up the bolt and then slid the whole bolt/nut into the chamber leaving about 1/2" of thread sticking out the bottom of the rig which I then screw into an adapter. This adds much more rigidity to the whole rig. I will try to add photos if it doesn't make sense. Hardware required: 24 x size 4 wood screws - 1/2" long 1 x 1/4" 20 hex head bolt - 3" long (optional but recommended) 1 x 1/4" 20 nut Print Settings Printer: Davinci 1.0 Pro Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: .3 Infill: 30% Notes: This design is only good for ABS. The brackets would be too brittle with PLA. I AM SCALING UP THE FILES TO 101.5% FOR A GOOD FIT DUE TO ABS SHRINKAGE. YOUR PRINTER/FILAMENT MAY PRODUCE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT RESULTS. DO A TEST PRINT OF ONE OF THE GOPRO HOLDERS TO MAKE SURE YOU GET A NICE FIT AND THEN APPLY THAT SCALE UP TO THE REST OF THE FILES WHEN PRINTING! Filament: Matter Hackers ABS ProExtruder temp: 230 C (lens caps and brackets were done at 215-220 C due to being small parts...the excessive heat @ 230 C was causing melting/stringing)Bed Temp: 90 C (the max for my printer)Speed: 15 mm/sInfill: 30% on cube and gopro holders, 100% on lens caps and bracketsBrim: 10 mm (no brim on lens caps or brackets)Shell Thickness: Normal: 3 layers. Top surface: 4 layers. Bottom Surface: 4 layers. (I did 3 and 4 layers so that the walls of the camera holders were solid without having to do 100% infill)Bed adhesion: 3M Blue Painter's Tape with a layer of ABS slurry painted on. I added two versions of the cube and gopro holders. One version is normal but the alternate version have a .6 mm (h) x 5 mm (w) brim. I then add a 10 mm brim in the print software. This has given me a great result with hardly any noticeable warping. I didn't get as good a result with just the 10 mm brim (some noticeable warping even with the ABS slurry on the print bed) so I added the slightly thicker 5mm brim in the stl files to create a wider stepped up brim. If you don't have adhesion problems with your setup then by all means use the regular unmodified stl files. There are two versions of everything (except the brackets and cap). One with brim and the other version without brim. You decide which to print. What you need is 3 'top' camera holders, 3 'bottom' camera holders, 6 brackets, and 6 lens caps. How I Designed This I modified the original files in SketchUp and tested them in netfabb Basic (repairing them when necessary).