The design of the hook seems very fragile for 3d printing, especially considering the pressure will be at an angle, wouldnt be better if it was wider, with big chamfers to its side? just a thought, not sure what it is intended for
Pictures are always easier lol
I designed a quick and dirty replacement clip that holds up the prop bar at the rear of the convertible top.
Time will tell, but its a strong filament and most of the hook and surfaces are solid (and the base does flare with a chamfer). I clamped a test print down and tried to snap the ring off with a prybar, and with reasonable forces it wasn't even deforming.
Well, since you asked, how about a fan for the wolfbox rear camera so I can see out the back when it's raining? This fan is what I'm looking at, I just haven't had the time to design a box for it, and port to direct over the lens. I have thoughts of what it should look like, just need to find a free weekend to design it in AutoCAD.Uploaded: https://makerworld.com/en/models/24...n-icon-rims-spare-wheel-cap#profileId-2741392
I preferred printing in 45deg angle to make sure the top layer looks best.
You can always drop support, lay it on its back, and play around with better top layer paramters but Im not enough of an expert in this..I preferred hacking my way through and printing on its side.
two pieces, simply apply a few drops of CA on its back to make sure the gasket holds to the print properly.
Now thinking on my next item. Thoughts?
Here is my 30 second drawing showing the bracket from the side. Either bring a line up over the top of the bracket and point down to camera, or come around the side. Like I said, I have some ideas of what I think can be done, just haven't sat down long enough on the weekends to actually design it. Think of it similar to putting washer fluid to clean the camera, but since water is the problem here, I was looking to put a fan to it to blow the water off. If that makes any sense.
You may want to consider a washer fluid solution rather than a fan. Simply use a T-connector with the rear washer sprayer for the rear windshield and route it out to the camera with a spray nozzle fitted to the endHere is my 30 second drawing showing the bracket from the side. Either bring a line up over the top of the bracket and point down to camera, or come around the side. Like I said, I have some ideas of what I think can be done, just haven't sat down long enough on the weekends to actually design it. Think of it similar to putting washer fluid to clean the camera, but since water is the problem here, I was looking to put a fan to it to blow the water off. If that makes any sense.
I believe the fan was IP67 or something rated, though would want to put the fan in a box to protect it as much as possible.
Then you don't need to route wiring or hook up switches or anything.
The problem I see with that is, water is the problem. And when driving in the rain, or just on wet roads, the road spray is constant on the lens. So adding a sprayer won't actually help the situation. But yeah I had thought about that.You may want to consider a washer fluid solution rather than a fan. Simply use a T-connector with the rear washer sprayer for the rear windshield and route it out to the camera with a spray nozzle fitted to the end
Adding a sprayer and coating the camera with rainX absolutely will help with that, plus it'll clear salt and debris that's dried onto the lens. It works on tons of subarus, hyundais, mazdas, and even the front camera on the bronco has a sprayer and it works perfectly. There's no reason that wouldn't work, but I can see a lot of reasons that a computer fan wouldn't work. If there's dried-on debris, or if there's fine mist and not full-on droplets, then it's not going to affect the lens at all. Look at ClearVu's lineup, for example. ClearVu, along with all of the major car brands that use this method, prove that this method works.
Have you tried mocking up physical barriers around the camera, but not blocking the view, to mitigate the effect? It might not need a gramophone to be effective and that hood could house the sprayer too.
That's an interesting theory. I had thought about something along those lines but never modeled that either. Didn't want to take away from the wide angle lens, but wouldn't hurt to 3D print something and see how well it works.Have you tried mocking up physical barriers around the camera, but not blocking the view, to mitigate the effect? It might not need a gramophone to be effective and that hood could house the sprayer too.
*a joke image, but ya know
If you really wanted a fan, I would just throw a Sunon high CFM fan back there with a custom printed shroud for positive air pressure going aft to fight off the water drops. It won't work against big, heavy splashes, though.Well, since you asked, how about a fan for the wolfbox rear camera so I can see out the back when it's raining? This fan is what I'm looking at, I just haven't had the time to design a box for it, and port to direct over the lens. I have thoughts of what it should look like, just need to find a free weekend to design it in AutoCAD.
This is my camera bracket, was looking to put on the back side of the mount where I should have room. Pay no attention to the blue piece underneath the camera, that was an attempt to stop road spray that failed miserably.
