Qidi iMate S Camera Mount

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I am setting up a mini 3D print farm that will live in my workshop that is in another building on my property and wanted to have cameras in place to monitor them. The fully enclosed Qidi iMate S printers I am use are great but there is no real good place to put a camera in the enclosure so I made a mount for the front right inside the door using really cheap wifi cameras from Amazon. This is not a great angle but it is the best I could find within the enclosure. You don't see much until the print progresses a little first. To get the lens as low as possible and the mass of the camera high out of the way, I mounted the camera upside down and inverted the image in the app. Since they would hang down in to the door opening I made it a slip on mount that would allow me to easily remove the camera for maintenance and leveling. Parts: 3 3D printed parts 2 M3 10mm screws 2 M3 washers 2 M3 Nuts Assembly: Printer Part: 1. Remove the center screw on the top front frame of the printer. 2. Install some double stick tape on the slide mount that goes under the door lip (see photos). 3. Insert the factory case screw at the top of the screw slot in the printer slide part (Mount_Frame_Slide.STL). The slot allows you to line it up and slide it up to stick the double sided tape. Camera Part: 1. Put two M3 Nuts in the slots on the camera slide part (Mount_Camera_Slide.STL). 2. Align holes on the camera frame (Mount_Camera_Frame.STL) with the holes on the camera slide part. Watch camera orientation. 3. Secure with a M3 screw and washer on each side. 4. Put double stick tape around the inside of the camera frame and secure the camera to the frame. 5. Slide the mount on the printer slide part. 6. Route and secure USB cable as you see fit. I used stick on wire tie mounts around the metal frame and ran the able through vent holes in the lower left corner.