Single Axis Gimbal Camera Mount for Logitech Webcams

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Additional materials to the print: * 1x SG90 Servo Motor * 2x M3 Screws, at least 5mm long. Actually the print fits pretty snug to the motor, I've only really used the screws once, so these are quite optional. * 3x M2 Screws that come with the SG90 * M6 12MM screw to mount the camera to the base. * About £1.40 in 1p and 5p coins as ballast. * Some flavour of Pi or an Arduino, etc. This is a single axis camera gimbal based on the two axis version here: https://www.thingiverse.com/aanarcissus aanarcissus in turn based his on the fully productized 2-Axis PiHat that's pre-made for giving you pan and tilt functionality, but specifically with Pi-Cams, like this guy: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pan-tilt-hat?variant=33704345034 The biggest problem with putting a gimbal beneath one of the C/B series logitech cameras is that they're heavy compared to the motor and the print, and its hard to center the camera mass above the axis of the motor. I made the camera mount attach to the motor mount using some pretty lame clips that hopefully will let you adjust the camera to get that sweet spot to center the mass. The SG90 is also pretty torque'y, so I mounted it on a base of about 60mm x 60mm x 2mm; the motor has a tendency to spin the base and the leave the camera otherwise not change its facing. My low-tech solution is a box that fits the camera base that you can fill with spare change, rocks from the garden, sand, hate, the crushed bones of your fallen enemies, whatever is handy.