The Best Damn Prusa i3 MK2 Bed Camera Mount

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As many San Francisco Bay Arean makers know, we reach <i>Ikea demo</i>-display levels of usability with our tiny living spaces. It’s sometimes tough finding space to build stuff and still have more than a hammock strung between two burning man art cars to sleep on. For me, the perfect spot to locate my first printer was the closet because: 1. it was relatively draft-free (needed for ABS) 2. I could leave the light on for time-lapse prints without annoying anyone 3. being surrounded by clothes it <i>really</i> dampens the screeching from these incessant electrical banshees 4. and the small chest-o’drawers in there just collected random coins, lint, and occasional fuses or bulbs lifted from my Pick-Your-Part that I'd emptied from my pockets at the end of the day anyway #amiright ??? But since upgrading from my quaint <i>Printrbot Simple Metal 1403</i>, my <i>Original Prusa i3 MK2</i> is a veritable behemoth by comparison. It hangs off the end of the dresser so gets a corresponding larger share of snags, bumps, and bruises from being right in the middle of a very active area (the closet is home to my daily-used Dyson V6, broom, ironing board, clothes, shoes, Plex Media Server, etc). Because of this, I've broken the bed camera mount of 3 separate designs on it, including [JPgxuAHFR22RQo](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1734736)'s and [cocoknight](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2014167)’s. This afternoon I’d had enough… &lt;POPEYE&gt;<i> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; That's all I can stans — I CAN'T STANS NO MO ! </i>&lt;/POPEYE&gt; &nbsp; Ladies and gents, without further adieu I give you: ### _{<i><center>The Best Damn Prusa i3 MK2 Bed Camera Mount !</center></i>} <i>Nitty Gritty:</i> * Doesn't snap in two as if it were crafted from paper mâché like every other lightweight bed mount design I've tried * Minimal weight (only 5g for this part when printed in ABS, ~6g for PETG or PLA) * As close and tall as possible to the bed while still not interfering with the extruder stepper motor during homing — no more viewing your timelapse knife-edge right at the bed * Left-mounted, where it gosh-darn ought'be ! With [luc_e](https://www.thingiverse.com/luc_e)'s over-engineered <i>[4x M3 screws and nuts to hold in an RPi ? Really ? :]</i> but sweet as August corn, [Original Prusa MK2 style Octopi cover](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1668505) that mounts the RPi perfectly over the MK2’s MiniRAMBo enclosure, and along with Adafruit's 24" RPi camera CSI ribbon extension, allows the ribbon to slide along under the MK2's aluminum Z frame. I'm even powering the RPi from 5v from a spare endstop pin off the Mini RAMBo - who has 3hrs to same-day <i>Amazon<b>'</b></i> yet another USB charger ? * No metal fasteners needed (the MK2 comes with an extra 12mm M3 screw to replace the stock 10mm one as part of the kit ;) * Part of its magic is its infill layout and settings (detailed below) but since I know what printer you're using, I've even included gcode for the uninitiated among us (you know who you are ;) * It’s <i>Skookum as Frig !</i> Enjoy ! -=dave &nbsp;