Magnetic Camera Mount for PowerSpec, Wanhao, MonoPrice Duplicator i3

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This camera mount can be easily moved from the front to the back of the Wanhoa, PowerSpec, or Monoprice Duplicator i3. It can also be adjusted on the fly due to the magnetic mounting scheme. The magnets are 12mm by 3mm, found on Amazon and glued into the base using super glue. The camera is mounted to the base with a single 1/4-20 by 3/8'' machine screw. I may add something to give the camera a bit more clearance as I have to move it back a bit to clear the hot end, but it is still catching 2 of the three magnets on each side and seems to be quite firmly attached. I'll add to this post if I decide to do that. The included g-code should work on a stock PowerSpec using PLA at 210C - not sure about the others. Update 1 - added an extender to move the camera back a bit and angled down for more flexibility in positioning. I've also found that although the mount works OK - there is quite a bit of vibration when the machine is making rapid back and forth movements - so, I will probably redesign this thing to stiffen it up. In the meantime, I've glued some wooden popsicle sticks to the horizontal forks which does help out. Update 2 : The new design (red renderings) has been printed and tested - it is much more stable than the first design, but it does take considerably more time to print as it requires supports. The old one (green renderings) works OK, but it is a bit too flimsy and vibrates too much when the printer is doing short, repetitive strokes. The new one is more robust, but I'm leaving the old one up because it is easier and faster to print and it does work if you don't mind a bit more of the shaky-cam effect.