scAnt for DSLR cameras

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The following changes were made to house DSLR cameras and make construction easier and to avoid the use of special parts (not yet complete): * replaced all press fittings with readily available store products * increased hole size in laser cut base plate to house M5 screws * changed hole design in the gimbal stands to houese M5 bolts and M5 hex-nuts at their connection to the base plate * added three more holes in base plate because now the M5 bolts act as feet of the whole scAnt and otherweise the base plate would bend * increased hole size in gimbal weight container lid so the can house M3 screws * changed hole design in gimbal weight container so it can houe M3 screws and M3 hex-nuts. * increased length of the endstop holder along the focus stacking rail so that the z-axis endstop can be moved further away from the specimen to prevent crashing of DSLR lenses into the specimen sphere * increased distance of the new sliding z-axis endstop holding side from the focus rail so that it can move along the endstop holder in case a camer setup is in use that needs to get close to the specimen * increased the screw slits in the camera stands so longer screws can be used to attach the focus rail to it The following changes will be implemented in the future * increase the size of the spcimen sphere viewing window to allow large DSLR lense to take fotos and maybe even move into the sphere * change motor holding part of the big gimbal stand to the NEMA17 motor can be installed with more ease * add a second indentation in the z-axis endstop holder to allow additional PCB components to sink in * change LED cable hole position in both half spheres Available DSLR camera mounts: * Nikon D850 * Nikon D3500 * Nikon D7200 (not tested) * Canon EOS RT (not tested) Check out the accompanying code at [GitHub](https://github.com/Peter-T-Ruehr/scAnt) which does not ask for FLIR camera drivers and skips all FLIR-related checks of the [original code](https://github.com/evo-biomech/scAnt) does. A mount for the Raspberry Pi HQ camera model is available [here](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5502528), and code to control it via a Raspberry Pi [here](https://github.com/Peter-T-Ruehr/PiscAnt).