Ender 5 time lapse modification - 3D printed accessories

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In case you are interested in making cool time lapse videos with your Creality Ender 5 or Ender 5 Pro, you are at the right place. HOW IT WORKS After printing each layer the printer is programmed through G-Code (e.g. using post-processing script for time-lapse in CURA ) to go to the origin position where it presses a push button that triggers a Camera to take a photo. In this way, when the picture is taken, the print head is out of view. The Camera keeps taking pictures of every printed layer, and when combined the final results looks as if the 3D print grows on itself. See this process in action in the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4jUMNtacvg MORE ABOUT THE MODIFICATION This 3D printable modification to Ender 5 / 5 Pro is easy to print and can be used with any DSLR or other compact camera that uses a 2.5 mm audio jack to trigger the shutter button for taking photos. These modifications have been tested on an Ender 5 Pro with a Canon 600D. You can see for yourself the quality of the time-lapse videos that this setup can produce at the links below: Multi-Color 3D Print Time-lapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMZ7l2nSo3c Fractal Vase Time-lapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYBb8uLbb1E After seeing the clips above if you have decided to give it a shot, then you need the following things: 1. 2.5 mm audio jack cable 2. Glue Gun 3. Loctite Super Glue 4. Push Button 5. Camera with 2.5 mm audio jack input for shutter control In case you don't have number 5, then you can also program a Raspberry PI to get input from the push button and take photos with Raspberry PI camera or another external camera that can be controller through the Raspberry PI.