Tripod mount for Nokia N900 smartphone

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A very simple no-frills tripod mount for the Nokia N900 phone. No fancy lock-in-place features, but I'm sure you could add a rubber band to make non-landscape orientation possible. Contains a hole for the common 1/4" tripod mount thread. The "default" version has 3 mm thick walls and base plate; the "2mm" files have (surprisingly) 2 mm walls. See the "Instructions" tab for comments on how a test printout (of the default version) turned out. Instructions I've printed out a single copy of the "default" version on a miniFactory (v2.0, I believe) printer at the local library. At their semi-standard settings (PLA, 0.2 mm layers, 10% infill, 3 surface layers, etc.), printing took around 7 hours. As you can possibly see from the photos, despite a heated print platform and there not being all that much plastic in the design, the left side (camera side) started to warp and curl off the print bed approximately when the base plate was finished. Could be a defect in the design, or a miscalibrated printer, or something else. Your mileage may vary. The right side did not detach, and the print finished successfully -- possibly helped by a bit of tape to hold the other side down. The end result is slightly wonky, but certainly functional. The N900 fits very snugly in its slot, with basically no wiggle room at all. You might consider making it slightly larger, and then adding (e.g. cardboard) padding to compensate. Theoretically speaking -- in the model -- the slot is supposed to be 1 mm larger than the N900, based on official dimensions and local measurements. The hole for the tripod screw is also quite tight. The normal screw in the quick-release plate of my (cheap) tripod is definitely not long enough to go through the 3 mm plate, so I use a ($1.50, from eBay) "tripod screw to camera hot shoe adapter" (you can see it in the photo) as a longer screw and a corresponding bolt. The 2 mm version I haven't tried at all.