Real Bolts (For Articulating Raspberry Pi Camera Mount)

First up, the articulating camera mount is a great piece of design, the sheet number of remixes and additions that have been released shows how popular the design is.

However, I have found that the printed threads on the nut and bolt for the thumbscrew to be a little weak in use, especially when it comes to tightening the parts to apply enough pressure on the joints to engage the friction coupling.

Here is a design. to replace the 3D printed nut and bolt pairs, this remix uses steel nuts and bolts to ensure that there are no problems when tightening.

I have designed the parts for ease of printing, no supports are required for printing, and I have printed these in both PETG and PLA without any issues.

To complete each pair, in addition to the printed parts you will also need an M6x25 bolt and an M6 nut.

• M6x25 Hex Bolt
• M6 Nut 

I printed these with the default settings for Prusament PETG in PrusaSlicer and each pair uses 4.29g of filament.

The friction fit on the nut cover and the inner sections is tight, I find it easiest to hold the inner section so that the gap is vertical and then push into the cap, holding it with the seam vertical seems to make it easier to snap-in. (If you have problems, removing a tiny sliver of plastic from the inner sections would allow you to insert it easily)

Once both sides are in place, you can apply pressure against a solid surface to drive in inner sections+nut into the cover, alternatively (and the method I use) is to use a pair of pliers to snap in the middle.

If people have trouble with this, I can modify the design to allow a little more wiggle room to allow easier insertion.