I’ve had a 3d printer for a fair few years now. It’s a Prusa mk3 and it’s starting to show it’s age. I might consider a replacement in the next year or so - the Bambu Labs printers are looking pretty good.
Anyway, before I replace it I need to prove to myself that I’ll use it.
This is a print that I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I bought a cheap Magnusson laser level a while back (it was around 40% of the cost of others I could find) and it’s really good for drawing level lines, but what it lacks is a convenient way of placing it at just the right level.
We suffered for quite a while with balancing the level on stacks of random objects - not the best.
Later on I found a cheap camera tripod in a local charity shop. Now I just needed a way of connecting them together…
3d printer to the rescue
I fired up Fusion and designed a little plate to interface between the quick-release that the tripod has, and the 1/4-20 thread that the laser has.
A quick print later and it’s ready to go!
The (laser)disc is to enable me to point the laser in different directions without moving the tripod. Without it the laser doesn’t line up with the quick-release, and this was apparently unacceptable to myself.
Functional prints are the best!