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This camera mount only works when you either remove the lid or raise the lid by at least 15mm. Maybe you could also design a similar mount which sits a bit lower, but I assume the camera might collide with the ribbon cable.

I designed a simple camera mount which sits at the rear, top of the printer and allows you to see the whole print bed and does not block your view from the front door.

You don't need to do any modifications to your printer, except relacing two M3 screw with slightly longer ones (M3x10 or M3x12 screws).

The ribbon cable can be routed through a slot in the camera mount and then through a gap to the outside of the printer.

Depending on the position of the print head, the X-Gantry sometimes might partially block your view of the print, which I personally don't mind.

Unfortunately I don't know the screw type I used to mount the camera itself. I just used some tiny screws I had lying around. They have an outside thread diameter of 1.8mm. They look like some sort of self-tapping screws.

I used this camera:

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DBQTx33

make sure to select the correct version (A1 130). When you just click the link, it selects the wrong version.

When I took the screenshots, the focus was not set properly, so the image is actually sharper.

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