Action camera diver's handle #3 - AussieLand edition

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Update 20180614: v4 is here! https://www.youmagine.com/designs/action-camera-diver-s-handle-4-aussieland-edition That's the third generation underwater camera handle I've created (first gen is here: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/gopro-diver-s-handle , second gen. is here: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/gopro-diver-s-handle-v2). People loved the previous ones too - almost 4,000 downloads so far - but first of all they had GoPro only mounts and required some extra assembly time. This new one is a simplified version and dedicated to my upcoming new Aussie diver friends. Print two pieces from the rod, two pieces from the spikes, and a sole. The sole is a bit big but I could print it by turning the object 45 degrees around the Z axis on my Prusa i3 MK2. The last rendered image explains how to assemble the handle. A 1/4"-20 UNC bolt is fixed to the bottom of the rods with an 1/4"-20 UNC nut pair from underneath. You have to heat up all the other nuts with a blowtorch to fit them to the sole and to the spikes. At the end, you'll have four open 1/4"-20 UNC threads that you can use as mount points for miscellaneous photo gear, such as dive lamps. If you want to leave the camera in the bottom sand for a while - for example, because you need to make a video from very shy sea eels - you can reverse the spikes and screw the rods to the bottom of the sole. The thread in the rod is 7 mm long M18x2.5. Update #20180320: I have uploaded three more "spikes": two with holes for 1/4"-20 UNC threaded inserts, and another one to fit a light using amazing Dinkum FlexiMount joints: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/dinkum-fleximount-1-4-1-5-unc-joint