PVC Pipe Tripod

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This is a telescope tripod constructed out of 1.5" schedule 40 PVC pipe, printed parts and miscellaneous fasteners. 1.5" PVC pipe has and external diameter of 1.9". Make it any height you want, simply by making longer or shorter legs. The tripod provides a 68 degree, more or less angle with the ground. The rings that go around the pipe are designed to achieve this angle. The spreader is attached to the rings with 0.25" clevis pins with retainers. The tripod leg heads are secured with 3/8 th's bolts and wing nuts The tripod head has a center hole made to accept a 3/8th's brass insert from McMaster-Carr. Quite easy to add using a 30 watt soldering iron. My implementation is made with the head of an old surveyor's tripod, not the .stl included here. But the .stl is derived from that head and should work. I printed this with a 1.0mm nozzle and 0.3 mm layer height to shorten print times. Actual printer is a Tronxy p802m