Safari 5 4K action cam magnetic mount

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I made this for my Safari 5, a 4K action cam that's like a GoPro but costs only $150 Canadian. I picked it up at London Drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic when decent webcams were hard to find. This thing connects to my computer with a USB cable and acts as a webcam, which is great. It can also connect via HDMI or Wi-Fi. It came with a bunch of bits and pieces for attaching to bikes, helmets, tripods, and an underwater case. I was just going to use it to make physics lab videos, but turns out I like it a lot and decided to get myself one too. With my oldest son starting to drive, I thought it would be nice to have a mount for the car. That's what this is for. I tape the base to the car's dash with double-sided tape and then put the cam into the holder, which just snaps to the base and doesn't go meandering across the dashboard when my son pulls several Gs accidentally. I printed the base flat with a skirt at 0.15mm layer height. The holder I printed sitting on its short edge at 45 degrees and it printed fairly well with no support, but I did use a skirt to keep it bound to the build plate. I bought the magnets on Amazon a while back; they're 6mm in diameter and 3mm thick (2.75mm is what I measured). With four in the base, the camera is going nowhere! I did use a bit of super glue to hold them in place though they were a good fit on my printer. My printer has a 0.35mm nozzle. I made another and used E6000 hobby glue, and that seemed to work well too. I really like the positive snap that the magnets give to the mount and will be using them more often for mounting stuff. I drive a 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander electric hybrid which has a fairly flat dash, so this works well for me. Here's a link to the magnets on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07QGYQP9M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 201208 Update: I've been using two of these cameras now for over six months, and they're still going strong. They're used daily as USB webcams. We've just bought a third, and I noticed there's now a Dual screen version, the Safari 5D, available; it's cheaper but I'm not sure if it has a gyro or the ability to act as a webcam.