Camera Mount Pad Replacement for V-Guard CT-228 Tripod

The old rubber mount pad crumbled away, rescued with TPU.
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updated March 15, 2024

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My father's old tripod, decades old but still very functional and nice to use. 

Rubber camera mount pad had perished and crumbled.

This is for TPU, any make or Shore. Tricky to sketch the shape because of the curve, and the whole thing has to fit neatly in the recess in the top platform of the tripod, but I was lucky and my first attempt was spot-on! So here it is, in case anyone else has one of these and wants to refurbish it! There's another rubber bit at the bottom of the main stem which is just a buffer washer to stop the head crashing into the main body if you wind it down fast, I've now finished designing and printing that, so if you want that as well, it's here…

https://www.printables.com/model/806274-base-buffer-pad-replacement-for-v-guard-ct-228-tri

I forgot to put the main screw in the close-up photo (duh!) but it's there in the other pic where it's on the tripod.

For squishiness, I printed 3 walls, 3 bottoms, 2 tops, and 15% infill, and then stuck it in the recess with very thin double-sided tape (the original had prongs which push into grooves in the head but that's not necessary).

Layers 0.2mm, nozzle 0.4mm. Not particularly critical.

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The author marked this model as their own original creation.

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