Buddy3D Ball Joint Adapter (Corner Cap mount)

With the transition to Gen2+, I started looking for new printer upgrades and stumbled upon the absolutely brilliant corner caps by BuildX. To be completely honest, I didn't expect much from them at first... but I was dead wrong. The design is amazing, and snapping them into place is incredibly satisfying.

Unfortunately, the original design didn't account for the corner where the Buddy3D camera is located—and that's exactly where the remix by MaxPi comes into play. Max did a great job with the corner adapter, but I wasn't a huge fan of the camera mount itself. I searched for other options, and while there are options out there, none of them felt quite right to me.

So, I decided to create my version of "the cleanest and most functional solution possible". I took the model by MATES 3dprint and used it as a reference for the ball joint position, which I then fine-tuned to fit my own remix perfectly.

Let's be honest... I struggled for a bit to find right solution. In the end, I settled on using one M3 countersunk screw, one Ruthex M3S threaded insert together with thickening the original camera cover to 4mm and modifying the cooling vents + creating a relatively shallow centering pocket for alignment at the joint.

Lastly, I would also like to thank DET-Man for his model/assembly (Buddy3D Antenna Guard for Core One / L / IndX). I originally saved the assembly to check out his antenna cover solution, and then ended up using that same assembly as a reference while modeling my remix.