Do you get stuff from AdaFruit? They sell a 3/8 to 1/4 adaptor that some people screw into a simple tight hole in a 3D design with glue to make a strong 1/4 thread. I think you can also do this with some laser cut pieces but with acrylic you have to be careful with the hole size because it might crack. I have also seen some press-in (heat or force) for laser milled pieces that I have seen described online. You might need to get those from--arg--that place that has all the cool hardware. You just need to choose material carefully.
With the laser cutting you can adapt a box design and you would use (say) InkScape or Illustrator instead of TinkerCad (for 3D). > On Jun 7, 2016, at 3:04 PM, Dar Scott <d...@swcp.com> wrote: > > TinkerCAD even has a thread generator. It might be able to do the 1/4-20 UNC > for the tripod. I'm not sure how strong the threads will be. > > You might want to consider laser milling a modified case design that is > available to make room for mounting and gluing on a nut. You can etch the > surface around the hole to help with gluing and maybe > to control it. > > >> On Jun 7, 2016, at 2:44 PM, Roger Eller <roger.e.el...@sealedair.com> wrote: >> >> TinkerCAD is a great & free online easy peazy 3D design program. >> >> I made this in about 30 minutes (with no instructions), and printed it on >> my 3D printer. >> >> https://tinkercad.com/things/blam4ODyd9t >> >> ~Roger >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Rick Harrison <harri...@all-auctions.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> You might try: >>> >>> http://www.shapeways.com <http://www.shapeways.com/> >>> >>> You can design whatever you want, and they >>> will 3D print it for you and ship it to you! >>> >>> Good luck! >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 7, 2016, at 4:11 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm looking for a decent pi camera case with a tripod adapter on the >>> bottom >>>> (so that pictures are correct orientation without worrying about rotating >>>> them) Since most cases are set up so that correct rotation is attained >>>> with the usb cables poking out the bottom, the case would have to use an >>>> offset adapter of some type for my wifi dongle to poke out the bottom. >>>> (cabled dongle, so there is some flexibility (no pun intended) as far as >>>> clearance goes) >>>> >>>> I have a project pretty much done (with lc server/picam on the pi being >>>> remote controlled long distance by an lc application grabbing snapshots) >>>> but having a more functional casing option will make a huge difference in >>>> the final product. A custom print with a hole to cement in the right >>> size >>>> nut, or with a threaded hole would be fine, but chances that I'll ever >>> own >>>> a 3d printer is slimmer than none. Plus my fabrication skills for this >>>> sort of thing aren't so good, so I guess i'm looking for an affordable >>>> pre-made, or affordable 3rd party that can print a few cases for me. >>>> >>>> >>>> Suggestions? >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
