Tevo Tarantula / OctoPrint / Endoscope Camera Mount

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Long time ago, Amazon used to be a treasure trove for us who provided honest reviews in exchange for products. We could get our hands on all sorts of cool gadgets and gizmos. But Amazon put a stop to that scam, and back then, one of the items I scored was an endoscope camera. I used it a few times so I could review it, but it's been sitting on a shelf ever since. Enter OctoPrint / OctoPi. It turns out this camera works perfectly with OctoPrint - you just need to follow the directions on https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint/wiki/Webcams-known-to-work. The problem was how to mount the camera. I spent 10 minutes in Sketchup and 30 minutes printing, and that gave me a suitable mount. The camera fits perfectly at a 22.5° angle, and there's even a guide on the back to prevent the mount from pivoting. I secured the mount to the rail just above the build plate using a 4mm screw and a t-nut. The built-in LED lights of the endoscope aren't enough to light up the whole build plate, so you'll need to install some kind of lighting fixture too. -=[ EDIT ]=- It turns out this model wasn't watertight after all. I could've sworn it was. Anyway, I uploaded a corrected version.