DJI LiDAR 15mm Rail Adapters

I had a colleague contact me recently after they saw my Arri LMB-25 Adapter I made hoping I could do a 15mm Lightweight Rail version for the DJI LiDAR system.  

This was a fun project, not just because I love making things for people but because I didn't have the LiDAR system to work from, and I couldn't find one in town to use!  Modeling support parts is a lot easier when you have the object you're supposed to be working with in the room with you.

But this didn't stop us, with a few measurements from my friend I had what I needed to make a mount that worked.  The biggest concern I had for the part was the screw hole placement.  After a few photos and some measuring on the part of my friend, I sent back an accurately-sized PDF for him to print out and check against his LiDAR unit.  He printed the paper, confirmed a good placement for the holes, and I was off!

In our conversations, I came up with three different variations, all suited for set use with small differences.  A very tight "Up-Mount" that would be good for small diameter lenses, a "Drop-Mount" that would sit the unit below the rails, and a "Micro-Mount" that was the most slim but would not allow movement back on the 15's with where the unit sat.  I also added a 1/4 20" set of threads on the back of every version, just in case you needed to arm it in. (My motto: More attachments points on everything, always!

All in all, I had fully functional part to my colleagues door less than a week after we started talking about making it.  That right there, the speed of this whole process is one of my favorite things about 3D printing.

And of course, I now have a new product for anyone else who wants it, here!