Web cam adapter for Meade telescope eyepiece

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This is a redo of my microscope adapter design (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:216821), that enables the webcam to be mounted on a telescope. It prints in two pieces, which you glue together once finished - no support material is needed and it comes out looking very nice. You have to remove the rubber eye cup before mounting this on the eyepiece. Don't worry, the eye cup goes right back on when done. There are no fancy adjustments - just slide the webcam/adapter over the eyepiece and move it up and down to find the focal point. It friction fits and will stay where you put it. For extra security, you can use a rubber band to hold the camera firmly in the mount. I designed this adapter to fit my 32 mm f.l. 4000 series eyepiece which has a 35 mm diameter outer barrel and it could prove a little too long for shorter focal length eyepieces. Unfortunately, Meade doesn't provide a list of the outer barrel diameters of their eyepieces so I can't tell you if this adapter will fit others. I printed with 0.3 mm layers, and 20% infill, no bed adhesion, no support material.