I needed a way to mount my GoPro camera in front of my printer for purposes of timelapse photography during prints, so to Solidworks I went to design a clamp for my desk.
I had a GoPro mount STL lying around and figured if I could just union it to the top of the clamp's STL in Autodesk Netfabb then that should work, and it turned out great.
It then occurred to me that the same process could be applied to pretty much anything, so I decided to upload the unmodified clamp base for other users who might have another application in mind. Webcam mounts, phone holders, cable tidiers; surely better on top of a clamp that some guy posted one day to Thingiverse (disclaimer: results may vary).
The piece in the photos was printed in lime green ABS at 235/80 with a 0.6mm nozzle, brim and 0.21875mm layer heights, but a standard 0.4 will work just fine.
Note - don't print as shown in the STL previews, parts will require rotating to print properly.
The clamp bracket will likely be stronger if printed on its side instead with regard to loading/layer orientation, though, as long as care is taken to make sure the internal thread is printing properly.
| desk_clamp_bracket.STL | 327.2KB | |
| desk_clamp_knob.STL | 378.5KB | |
| desk_clamp_stem.STL | 509.5KB |
