Gopro pole head replacement (El Grande)

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<p>Hi Makers!</p><p>Ball mount is incredibly weak on El Grande Gopro pole, made out of brittle plastic which breaks at first opportunity.<br>There is no official spare part and the head can not even be easily removed as it is molded in the tube. As a solution, Gopro support tells you to buy a new complete pole… (no joke!)</p><p>To remove the original head, you have to cut it then drill a hole in the remaining plastic part in the tube. With a metal saw blade, you have to cut the remaining platisc cylinder part longitudinally from inside on at least one side and then remove it with pliers. (see pictures)</p><p>This replacement head is simple and much lighter than the original. Unlike the original, it offers a single rotation axis, but guess what, your wrist can do the other one! ;-)</p><p>There is two parts to print, the main one and a cone to expense the part in the tube. There is a M3x50mm screw which will tighten the expending part in the tube. As a picture explains better than a long speech, see the section analysis one.</p><p>I made it with Fusion 360 and it is completely parametric. F360 files available upon request.</p><p>Printed with PLA Prusament, 100% infill</p>