Raspberry Pi Camera Arm and Base

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This is an alternative arm designed for the excellent camera case created by Parkis. I sought to develop something that could be mounted in an enclosure I have planned and didn't require the rotation of a ball mount used in other designs. Until the enclosure is finished, it's mounted on a block of wood as seen in the first picture; otherwise, with 2 arm pieces (plus the Cam_Arm), it would fall over. There are three files: 1 - The file called Camera_Mount. This has center marks to aid placing of two mounting screws in positions which allow maximum rotation. The slots will take M4 screws or equivalent. 2 - The file called Cam_Arm. One of these is needed to mount the camera. 3 - The file called Arm. As many of these as you need (if they are needed at all) to put the camera in the correct position. A minimum of one Cam_Arm and one Camera_Mount is required. The arm is only necessary to extend the reach if required. The picture with the junior hacksaw shows how I cleaned out the slots. It just needs to be passed through a few times without any real pressure. It took me some time to figure out how to clean up the slots to allow easy threading of the flat cable! The bolts for each joint are M3 x 35mm. Those and the thumb nuts plus washers were easily obtained on eBay. I used stainless steel ones and they were available at a very reasonable price. There are many designs for printed thumb nuts around, including the design from Parkis, but they still need a nut so I decided to go with the steel ones.