Creality X-Axis Switch Cover Mount for Logitech Style Webcams
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I switched to Logitech style webcams from the standard Pi Cams for my OctoPrint instances, but could not find a decent mount I liked. As I am in the learning process of Fusion 360, I thought I'd use that as an opportunity to design something useful. This was designed from scratch using measurements from the old X-Axis switch cover, and adding an extension for the camera mount directly, instead of clipping something on as the Pi Cam mounts had been. This should fit all Creality printers, because as far as I know, they all use the same X-axis cover. <i>Update: (9/21,2020) Updated design by moving the two screw pegs for the switch board back slightly, as their position was causing the switch to trip early, stopping the carriage a couple of millimeters short of where the original stopped it, which was causing the X0 coordinate to be off enough to cause bed level probes on the far right to fail by being off of the plate on my CR-10v2 (I have custom firmware that does9x9 mesh, and is <1mm from the right edge on those points). I had placed them on the wrong side of a construction line. Also, flattened the inner edge of them as was in the original, and also filleted them to add some anti-shear strengthening.</i> The hole for the camera mount is 45mm to the right and 35mm to the rear of the back right corner of the old portion of the cover, in case you want to measure for your own camera, but all the Logitech-style cameras I've checked (including some knockoffs) work just fine. I designed it that way because 1) otherwise, it would be too close to the hot end carriage, and 2) on the CR-10v2 machines I own,it would otherwise catch on the Z-axis stabilizers as the height went up. I added ribbing to the bottom for strength and rigidity, because the first version I designed caused bouncing of the camera from ts own weight, which made for a fun picture to watch when there was a lot of Z-hopping going on during retractions. Sorry for the less-than stellar print, it was done in draft mode just to prove function. Both .stl and .obj files included, because I can, and because .obj is a better format which doesn't force everything into tessellations (i.e., curves are smooth). Oh, and before someone asks the inevitable question <i>"How do I take the X-axis cover off??? There are no screws!"</i> - Yes, there are. Peel off the useless (I've never heard of anyone using it) QR-code sticker. They're under there. Yes, I've actually seen people ask this ridiculous question in some of the FakeBook groups. 9/27/20: Fixed some very ,minor problems with the mesh in MeshMixer. They caused no problems with printing, but Cura showed them and you could fix them there, but I fixed them for you. As said, no issues with actual printing, but it's my OCD kicking in to have things perfect.
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