Customizable tripod

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I wanted to build a sturdy tripod for my teleprompter and found that I could create one using readily available materials. I selected 20x20 mm hollow section made of aluminum and 40 mm diameter pipe. I designed two tripods: the first has a fixed height for the teleprompter (180 cm tall and can hold 2-3 kg of weight), while the second has an adjustable height (110 cm-200 cm) and is used for microphone/lights. The ingredients for my fixed height tripod include: * 3x140 cm and 3x20 cm hollow section (20x20 mm) for the legs * 100 cm of 40 mm diameter aluminum pipe * 12 pcs M5 screws with 40 mm length * 24 pcs washers * 12 pcs M5 nuts as well * 6 pcs of 3.9 mm self drilling screw with 13 mm length I also used the following printed parts: endstop.stl, foot.stl, footend.stl, joint.stl, link.stl, slider.stl, and top_mount.stl. The ingredients for my adjustable tripod are: * 3x60 cm and 3x10 cm hollow section (20x20 mm) for the legs * 75 cm of 40 mm diameter aluminum pipe * 110 cm hollow section (20x20 mm) for the adjustable part * 12 pcs M5 screws with 40 mm length * 24 pcs washers * 12 pcs M5 nuts as well * 6 pcs of 3.9 mm self drilling screw with 13 mm length I had to cut the end of self drilling screws because they blocked the hollow section inside the pipe. The adjustable tripod also requires: * 12 cm length of 40x40x3 mm extruded edge * M8 screw with 40 mm length for fixing the extruded edge * M6 screw with 20 mm length to adjust the height I used PET-G filament, and set my print settings to 0.2 mm layer height, 50% infill, 8 top/bottom solid layers and 4 perimeters. Note: currently you need to customize it in your OpenSCAD, thingiverse customizer is not supporting multiple .scad files and 'include' command. I'll try to figure out something.