The Best Damn Prusa i3 MK2 Bed Camera Mount

As many San Francisco Bay Arean makers know, we reachIkea demo-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 itreally 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 quaintPrintrbot Simple Metal 1403, myOriginal Prusa i3 MK2 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's and cocoknight’s. This afternoon I’d had enough…

   * That's all I can stans — I CAN'T STANS NO MO ! *

Ladies and gents, without further adieu I give you:

The Best Damn Prusa i3 MK2 Bed Camera Mount !

Nitty Gritty:

• 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's over-engineered[4x M3 screws and nuts to hold in an RPi ? Really ? :] but sweet as August corn, Original Prusa MK2 style Octopi cover 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-dayAmazon' 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’sSkookum as Frig !
  Enjoy !

  -=dave

Print instructions

Category: 3D Printer Accessories Summary

As many San Francisco Bay Arean makers know, we reachIkea demo-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 itreally 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 quaintPrintrbot Simple Metal 1403, myOriginal Prusa i3 MK2 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's and cocoknight’s. This afternoon I’d had enough…

   * That's all I can stans — I CAN'T STANS NO MO ! *

Ladies and gents, without further adieu I give you:

The Best Damn Prusa i3 MK2 Bed Camera Mount !

Nitty Gritty:

• 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's over-engineered[4x M3 screws and nuts to hold in an RPi ? Really ? :] but sweet as August corn, Original Prusa MK2 style Octopi cover 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-dayAmazon' 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’sSkookum as Frig !
  Enjoy !

  -=dave

Print Settings

Printer Brand: Prusa

Printer: Prusa Mk2

Rafts: No

Supports: No

Resolution: 200 microns

Infill: 11%

Notes:

Slice with Slic3rPE with following adjustments:

Original Prusa i3 MK2 Colorprint* printer profile settings0.20mm NORMAL* print profile settings

• Solid top/bottom layers: 4/3
• Seam position: rear
• Fill density: 11%
• Fill pattern: Grid
• Combine infil every: 2
• Solid infill every: 25
• Fill angle: 0
• Solid infill threshold area: 46
• Print !
  Gcode for ABS (tested), PETG, and PLA (untested) included for you lazy geniuses !