Neato Lidar Vertical Holder and Rotator

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These parts are designed to adapt a Neato XV-11 Lidar unit to a 3D scanner already posted on Thingiverse.\r\nPlease see https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2345304 for other parts required for the full project.\r\n\r\nThis is an initial post of the Neato Lidar vertical mount that may be repurposed in various ways too.\r\nIf you want to build a 3D room scanner, you will need the other components linked above.\r\n\r\nSome prints I post do not display as pictures, so check the 'files' menu.\r\n\r\nOnce full assembly is working, more information will be posted.\r\n\r\nI divided the most complex part into two pieces to improve printing and then you must glue them together.\r\n- P0087-MidCoverWithRasPiConnHoles.stl This part is easy to print and about an inch tall. It features vertical walls only.\r\n- P0087-TopCoverHoldingRasPi.stl This part is the most challenging to print. You have two options. Print it upside down like I supplied, and the inside looks great BUT the round slot on top looks terrible and so will the top surface. So I recommend printing this part flipped around so the top that people see looks nice AND the runway for the rotator looks nice. What you will find is without careful planning on the supports required INSIDE it will look rough. I had to remove a lot of excess material. But it looks great on outside and the round slot that the top rotator slides in looks really nice this way.\r\n\r\nNext, I did not use the ball bearings in design I linked to. Instead, I used three thin slices of teflon material and glued custom cut teflon pieces in the large round slot so it has very minimal friction for the stepper motor. I include a picture showing the three slider bearings.\r\n\r\nThe rotating base will require supports, so you need to understand that process.