TAZ 6 Pi camera bed mount

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After recently making an OctoPi to control my TAZ 6 and reviewing the timelapse footage of my prints, I realized that I needed the camera mounted to the bed to properly see what was going on. So I created this mount. It is designed to be mounted on the front left corner, where the nozzle cleaner is located, and fits around the auto bed levelling mount. It gets very close to the fan mounts on the extruder but does not touch them. The reason it is so close is that I built an enclosure with limited y-axis space, and it needed to fit in order to avoid hitting the acrylic front panel. I experimented with having the camera mount rotate, but always wanted the view centered on the bed anyway, and it's in a location that's easily knockable. So I fused these two parts for less complexity. In the future, I may even fuse the camera mount. There is currently still a big hole for an external lens, but it looks like I won't be using one after all, as the camera covers the entire bed pretty well. I may remove it in the future. I will be uploading some pictures once I've printed something nice enough to photograph and a timelapse video once I've replaced my Pi camera. Update 1: I wanted the camera a little higher off the bed to get a better angle on prints, and I also added a channel to hold the cable along the back. I've left the original short, channel-free file up in case someone prefers the compact version, but I don't plan on updating it. I had to enlarge the channel a little as it didn't end up printing well, but on the plus side now I have a timelapse of the view from this thing as my printer prints this thing: https://youtu.be/bhvgqYGCszA Print Settings Printer Brand: LulzBot Printer: TAZ 6 Rafts: No Supports: Yes