3D Printed Camera Bracket for a Gorilla Pod Mount

[Mognet]

I hadn't got as far as buying a camera bracket for my widefield astrophotography attempts so I was using a Gorilla Pod wrapped round a block of wood in my SynScan mount. It seemed to work ok for 30 second exposures with the 35mm lens, but wasn't proving very stable. So I decided to make my own by repurposing the Gorilla Pod camera mount and printing a proper bracket

The basic idea rendered in OpenSCAD looks like this. The spring clip fits through the hole in the bracket body, and in PLA has enough flex in it to close across the top of the slot. It might need a little filing to get through, even though I've made some allowances.

Fresh off the printer it came out ok. A bit of warping and the print looks a little rough, but I think I need to adjust the printer belts again and use a heated bed to cure those

An almost in action shot. Except it was daytime, and I haven't seen a clear sky at night since printing it

The file to generate it is a bit long to add as anything but an attachment. I printed this with a 1.2mm wall and 20% infill, which hopefully should be strong enough

Camera Bracket.scad

 

[Mognet]

After a quick bit of Googling, it seems that not all Gorilla Pod mounting plates are the same. The bracket I've created fits one of these https://joby.com/gorillapod-tripods/bubble-level-clip-for-slr-and-ballhead-for-slr-zoom

[Chriske]

20% infill, I wouldn't dare... 

[Gina]

Why not?

[Mognet]

5 hours ago, Chriske said:

20% infill, I wouldn't dare... 

It seemed sturdy enough when I tried flexing it by hand. Couldn't feel it moving. I doubt I'll need it to hold anything much over a kilo, so should be fine