Ball Joint Raspberry Pi Camera Mount for Prusa MK3 and MK2 (Loc-Line Coolant Hose)

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Based on the awesome Articulating Raspberry Pi Camera Mount( https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3114849) project, this uses a Loc-Line ball joint coolant hose as the camera arm. The hose will let you adjust the camera as much as you want and is rigid enough to keep it put during printing. **Loc-Line Parts** You'll only need to order two Loc-Line parts to make this work. If you want them in black/grey, order from http://modularhose.com/. Otherwise, McMaster-Carr usually ships quicker. * 1/4" Loc-Line Coolant Hose (https://www.mcmaster.com/10095K42/) * 1/4" male threaded connector BSPT or NPT (https://www.mcmaster.com/10095K111/) <img src="https://www.mcmaster.com/mvA/Contents/gfx/ImageCache/100/10095k42p2-g02a-rgb-digital@2x_637032189674182253.png" width="150" /> <img src="https://www.mcmaster.com/mvA/Contents/gfx/ImageCache/100/10095k29p2-g02a-rgb-digital@2x_637032152554370642.png?ver=ImageNotFound" width="100" /> Snapping the connector to the hose can be a bit hard. To make it easier stick the threaded connector in the freezer for 10 minutes and put the hose in hot water. Then snapping them together should be pretty easy. **Mounting to Prusa** The arm mounts directly to the unused area of the x-axis stepper motor. You'll need to use a M3x18mm bolt to mount it. You should have some of these in your Prusa spare parts bag. There are two versions of the X-AxisMount, one with threads for a BSPT fitting and one that works for a NPT threaded fitting.