Camera Mount for Anet A6/A8 using coolant pipe

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Designing this thing, I aimed to merge well-proven and elegant engineering concepts. The core of the project revolves around the ease and reliability of locking the camera's position using a coolant pipe/hose. It is specifically designed and assembled with similar purposes in mind, ensuring it doesn't become too loose. The foundation of the project lies in the "Anet A8 Heatbed Camera Mount Logitech C920" by Catchy. This mount was redesigned to accommodate the "PCB Workstation Coolant Pipe Base Socket Remix" by zeropage, which is typically used with the "PCB Workstation with Articulated Arms" by giufini. Some elements of these projects were left intact and prefixed with "native-" in filenames. Coolant pipes may differ slightly, so I included a SCAD file by zeropage to gather all parts together. For instance, my coolant pipe thread diameter is 55mm. I recommend printing small parts without supports but at low speed. There are two versions of the RT-mount: BLFR - for rear left or front right corner BRFL - for rear right or front left corner The camera PCB holder is designed for a 30x25mm PCB and features a pin with a pentahedral pyramid shape to fit snugly and prevent rotations. You can easily design your own version. If you own a Raspberry Pi Camera, I also offer a modification of the "Octoprint + Raspberry Pi Camera case" by dcgrigsby featuring the same pin. All you need, apart from these parts, is the coolant hose. You can purchase it on Amazon or Ebay for approximately $1 or €1.