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Steampunk webcam preview

Steampunk culture implies a civilization that has mastered mechanics perfectly. In modern realities, gadgets are often simply stylized as steampunk. We decided to make our device with a beautiful mechanism of the original design. And this is a steampunk webcam.



Steampunk webcam



We are a team of engineers who love mechanics. The prototype of the webcam, which will be discussed in the article, was developed by Andrei Korobov petrotator .



Many people stick a webcam with tape, on our camera the lens is automatically closed with a special shutter. A little about how it works.

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When activated, the webcam automatically opens, and when deactivated, the shutter in front of the camera lens automatically closes. The bolt consists of 5 petals attached to the shafts with levers.



petalsshafts with levers



On the axis of the motor-reducer there is a disk, to which 5 rods are attached, going to the levers. The geared motor is controlled by a circuit on the relays and reed switches connected to the webcam.



gearmotordrive with rods



On the front panel LED indicator, not beating a bright light into the eyes.



front panel



Brass parts are polished to a shine, and steel parts are blued.

At the moment, the prototype is in the stage of assembly and rework files.



Video of the lever mechanism of the camera.







Some more photos of webcam details.
shafts with leversdrive with rods



drive with rodsFront camera with closed petals



standlegs



bodybody



before assembly

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/372825/



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