rapman-education's posterous

rapman-education's posterous

Dave White  //  A place for educators, teachers, lecturers and students to find "stuff" about RapMan,BfB3000 and BfB 3DTouch printers... The unofficial Blog by Dave White, Advanced Skills Teacher and Head of D&T in Clevedon School UK.

Oct 2 / 1:01pm

3D Printed iPad Tripod

I have recently started to use an iPad in school (more about that maybe in a later post) and students are really excited about this technology in the classroom. The other day I wanted to start producing some video clips (for some year7 electronics) but found that hand holding the iPad produced very unsteady results…watching for any length of time could cause nausea and motion sickness.

I needed a tripod … but how do you fix an iPad to a tripod? … Easy, print a tripod mount!

So, here is my “proof of concept” design. Not the most elegant, and not the most secure or robust, but it works. Now to start working on a proper design.

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