Model originally uploaded to Thingiverse at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5174401.
I saw "DSLR Camera Ornament" by JayPierstorff (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5156802) and thought this would be a very nice toy. So I modified the parts and added a CR2025 battery holder from shusy (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2716916) to the bottom part.
I also made the setup knobs on top movable, so they can be turned. I cutted a view finder in to the top and also added a knob (which is press-able if you put in a little switch into). There is also a cut-out at the top part to hold a "printed prism" which I printed with transparent filament. This represents the flash of a camera and the prism also is able to hold a 5mm LED (white). When pressing the knob, the prism lights up :).
To the bottom I added some blocks to hold the bottom part to the body. These blocks also have holes for screws. I user 3x6 Cylinder Head Screws. They fit directly into the wall of the body part. Best part of the bottom part is the CR2025 battery holder which I have integrated into bottom part.
The body part has a cut-out for the screws and also for the prism to give it a better hold. Then I mad a separate part of the lens-glas which just fits into the lens. This allows more detail.
Material:
- printed parts
- 2x (or 4x) 3x6 cylinder head screws (or bit longer if you have some screws already)
- GLUE, GLUE, GLUE
Instruction:
- print parts
- make a filament colour change at the lens. this gives a nice detail
- the prism is printable without supports (just rotate it to one side)
- the top part has some slots at the knob. these slots are for the legs of the switch.
- see the picture of the switch
- check if prism, body and top part fit nicely together, then glue the prism to the body and the the top part to the body
- glue the bottom of the switch to the top part (where the knob hole is)
- if you want flash light you need to solder to wires to the switch. if not you can use the bottom part without battery holder
- glue the press-knob part on to of the switch carefully. don't use to much glue.
- glue body and top part together
- if you want flash light, take some litz wire (or some thin wire) and floss it through the little holes of the battery holder (look at the pictures as example)
- solder the led with some resistor (I used 3V CR2025 with a resistor of about 5-10 Ohms for current limiting) check if light is still bright enough
- solder the led first to wires and resistors, then put it into the prism with some glue.
- check if everything is working
- put in the bottom part to the body and be careful with the wires
- screw in the 3x6 cylinder head screws.
- put some glue on the centre of the lens (just onto the middle) and place it to the body part
- lens-glas should have a good snap-fit, but if not use glue ;)
- play with camera :)
THANKS TO "JayPierstorff" and "shusy" FOR THEIR NICE PARTS!!!
You can use the included SCAD file if you need to modify something. It includes the stl of the original figures, so you have to download the original files (camera and battery holder)!!