Bed-Mount Blink Camera Holder for Monoprice Maker Select Pro Ultimate/Wanhao D6

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There are many (MANY) camera mounts, but I haven't seen one for the Blink (that I liked and would fit on my printer, anyway). I like using the Blink because 1) it's cheap, 2) it's pretty reliable 3) it's stand-alone - I don't have to make it work with e.g. Octoprint, and 4) I can access it from anywhere on my phone. I designed the bracket to fit snugly inside two binder clips on either side of the front bed-levelling screw. The bracket sits atop the lower bed assembly, and then the binder clips hold it down. It's not "purely print" but binder clips are strong and secure and won't drop the camera. Very easy on and off, too. Be sure to secure the USB cable for the camera somewhere stationary where it has enough play for full range of motion, but doesn't rub anywhere and fray as the bed travels up and down. I bolted the camera base to the holder with two M2 screws and nuts (as I originally printed it, the mounting holes were a touch far apart - but I fixed that for the uploaded .stl). Printing: You probably don't have to use supports, but I did. I used 3 walls (added a 4th every other layer) and 20% infill to make it nice and stiff. Full print with 3.5 walls (0.4mm), 4x4 top/bottom, 0.3mm layer height, and 20% infill took about 3.5 hours (print speed 35 mm/sec; much faster and my poor little hot end can't keep up at 0.3mm!) came to 40g. Next time I might split the vertical section off and lay it flat on the bed, and then glue it on afterward; the vertical cutouts came out a bit sloppy, even with supports.