Raspberry Pi and Camera Mount for Nova Labs Prusa i3

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Combination webcam and Raspberry Pi mount for my Nova Labs Prusa i3. This is a mashup of a thing I designed to work with two other things. I included the files it was designed to work with, should the worst happen and those things go missing at some point. It mounts using three of the existing frame screws and one additional hole you'll need to drill in in the middle-front for an additional 6/32 screw. It was designed for a BG8 printer. It possibly works for all other BG6 through BGX printers as well. I'm just not sure how much the front portion of the frame was redesigned between versions, if at all. I used some M3x20 cap head machine screws (not exactly the right application, but it worked very well) to attach the RPi "top" to secure the RPi to the platform. I needed a 12in ribbon cable to for the Raspicam. The 6" cable it comes with worked temporarily, but it was a really tight fit. The platform/camera mount was originally designed to use a cut-down shaft from an arrow (a few bucks from Walmart or Dicks/Cabelas/BassPro/etc), but I happened to have an M8 threaded rod which screw-fit perfectly. The LEDs are 12 volt 194/168 style car LEDs. The exact ones I used are here, but in theory any should work. Since they are 12V and I have a 24V power supply, I wired them in series and they've been working that way for close to a year now. I'm also using a clip-on fisheye lens meant for phones in order to get a little wider field of view (pic included with and without). The exact one I used is here, but in theory any of the same style should work. Printed in Inland PETG, mostly blue and a little white for the Raspberry Pi cover. Edit 2017-07-29: Realized that the title was wrong and was for my spool holder instead of this thing. Fixed! It's still working like a champ.