Improving camera performance & new catalog designs: 5/12/21 Latest Improvements

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@ptodd

love the spin toy!

Thanks! I’ve been sitting on it for quite some time awaiting user submissions to the catalog. It was inspired by a challenge from @evansd2 some time back. You can see early prototypes in my reply:

It seems like we should be able to make this

A progression of prototypes… [image] Top row left to right, then bottom: First idea, channels are far too rough for operation. I still like the basic idea, 2D cuts forming a channel. A complete refactor using layers. Works well, but is unstable. Stable and enclosed. Works very well, but is quite complex to assemble due to end-caps, and somehow it just isn’t as fun to rotate. Okay, now we’re talking! Stable and open-ended (since it’s fun to see the linear guides peek out). Another view: …