Triple Headed, Pole Top, Turret Cam Mount

[guykuo]

I wanted to change the top of one camera pole to have three turret cameras instead of two cameras currently mounted.
The prior, two headed mount I printed in black PETG has held up well through several years weather.

It's going to take a day and a half to print in PETG. 1/4 of the way through....

 

[d5775927]

How long does it take you to design this?
Do you use any GPT to assist you?

 

[guykuo]

A couple hours in Fusion 360 to do the modeling. No AI assist, just CAD modeling. I cheated a bit by basing it off my two camera pole mount.
Hardest part was getting all the cuts and intersections to keep the three upper mounts emptied out in their interiors.

13 hours into the print...
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[guykuo]

22 hours done, about 7 more to go. The top portion will be interesting because I'm printing the vaulted ceiling without using supports, unlike the horizontal portions at base that absolutely required supports. The top of the circular opening, I know my printer is tuned well enough to print successfully, but the ceiling is something else due to the unusual angles of three cylinders merging together and long overhangs.

You can see one of the mounting bolt holes. On the interior side of those holes, I designed hexagonal recesses into which nuts will be pressed into place to accept camera mounting bolts.

The striped appearance is due to the printer's LED lighting strip having discrete emitters.