Fabrication Final Project: The Goodman One
- Summer Thompson
- Dec 21, 2018
- 2 min read
The following project was made for my the 2018 fabrication lab at CU Boulder. For this project I decided to make the Goodman One, an open source 3D printed camera designed by Dora Goodman. I've been following her work for some time now. I requested access to her STL files for this project through her website here.
Materials:
Procedure:
The first challenge of this project was 3D printing the components for the Camera. This proved hard enough with the printer I had access to, but eventually with very slow print speeds I was able to get good enough prints that would work and stay together.
After the main body components were printed, I printed the small accessories for attaching them all together.
I then sanded each piece so they would fit together. At this point I also cut the aluminum rod for holding the front and back together. Sanding the rod and the bellow pieces was pretty important as the pieces were prone to getting stuck and not moving. I broke a few of my parts this way, but was able to reprint them.
I then inserted the M3 nuts into the small square holes in the front cover. Two of theses holes opened to the center of the lens, which was held in with set screws.
I also added the brass 1/4" length screw heads as I couldn't find the right sized flanged brass insert to finish these holes.
At this point I also printed and fished the G1 Roll film back and the paper focusing screen so the camera could be focused and a photo could be composed.
Once all the parts were finished I continued sanding the holes and screws so they could be inserted and would fit well together. I then added all the hardware and the lens. I found the lens on a broken Mamiya press camera at Victory Camera, where I work.
Conclusion:
Although this project was pretty straight forward in process, the 3D printing was much more work than I originally expected. It took me weeks to find settings that would work with the filament I chose to use. As well finishing the pieces took a whole lot of time as some of the holes that printed were smaller than the parts that were meant to fit in them. I solved this with a lighter and a piece of metal, slowly expanding the holes so the hardware would fit inside them.
Overall I'm happy I decided to make this camera as I learned a lot about 3d Printing and 3d printing construction methods. I hope to have an opportunity in the future to further develop the camera and potentially design my own parts for it. I also plan on reprinting the film back, as I'm not sure the one I have now is light tight. I have also ordered a piece of ground glass that will replace the paper and allow for better focusing.
Stay tuned for images out of my new camera! Thanks for reading.
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