Tripod Head
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:53 am
My old head from the 80's broke a while back, and numerous epoxy & gluing attempts were getting progressively less successful.
May still just design & print the one broken part, but thought this would be a fun project. It's this: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:35682
Printed in esun PETg; 6 outlines, 80% infill.
Had to make my own shorter lock pins; the ones I downloaded were too long. (Guessing the plans assume ABS & shrinkage?) Also used hot glue to hold the top part together, and keep it from spinning. (Again, loose connection.)
You can see a bit of the glue in this one -- and the bottom corner by the hole lifted up a bit for some odd reason:
May still just design & print the one broken part, but thought this would be a fun project. It's this: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:35682
Printed in esun PETg; 6 outlines, 80% infill.
Had to make my own shorter lock pins; the ones I downloaded were too long. (Guessing the plans assume ABS & shrinkage?) Also used hot glue to hold the top part together, and keep it from spinning. (Again, loose connection.)
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Now I need to get an old fully-manual lens off of Ebay or something. 