Wide Angle PI Camera Mount

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I've had a tough time finding a camera mount that works for my Lulzbot Mini 2. Initially, I wanted to use a bed-mounted camera for time lapses but after assembling my enclosure from PrintedSolid, I realized the bed-mounted camera idea wouldn't work at all. Additionally, the standard camera mounts required modification to fit my wide-angle camera. This led me to decide that I needed to design my own. I took the diamond ball peg design (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:247590) and adapted it to fit with the enclosure I chose (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1286420) for the wide-angle camera. Next, I started planning how things would be connected and estimating the height it would have. After designing the foot (which was a pain to convert from the ball mount design), I found that it should be approximately 100mm tall (edit: since using smaller links caused issues, I updated my files to use longer ones - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:247590 - so now it's about 10-20mm taller); I think it will sit just above the bed level when finished. You'll need two screws to secure the bottom links together, but that should be the only additional hardware required. I used two M3x20 screws and two M3 nuts. I've completed printing this design and found that the ball was too loose in PLA, so I simply used some super glue with insti-set and painters tape to secure it (I also added velcro at the base in case I replace it with something not made of PLA). Furthermore, I had an old back from one of my previous attempts, which I secured with painters tape since it was loose.