Raspberry Pi Camera Mount for Printrbot Simple Metal (1403) with Heated Bed

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A mounting bracket to attach a RPi camera to the right front corner of a Printrbot Simple Metal with heated bed. Instructions No hardware is required. The camera mount is held snugly in place by two angled clips that slide under the right printer-bed wing. Use with tiltArm.stl, caseFront.stl and caseBack.stl from Jerware (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:442063) I found 0.2-mm layer height with 100% fill to work really well. In fact, the 100% fill makes the mount very strong and allows the clips to bend without breaking. I was inspired by http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:442063 and http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:671954, but I built this mount from scratch because I built several others (including the two linked to above) and none fit my bed very well and/or broke when I tried to attach them. I thought the slightly flexible two-clip approach would work better than a slot that needed to have perfect dimensions to fit. It does work pretty well. Because the two clips are not attached at the corner each can articulate independently without putting any stress on the other. I don't know if this will fit the Printrbot Simple Metal without the heated bed but if somebody tries it leave a comment to let me know how it turns out. I think the wings on the non-heated bed are slightly thinner so the clips my have to be pulled in a bit to get a snug fit. Fillets have been applied to all corners subjected to stress to prevent stress concentration. Also, the pegs that fit into the hole on Jerware's tiltArm.stl have been narrowed along one dimension so they are easier to insert. Sometimes a round hole works better with an oval peg.