Sometimes a camera just needs a sock.
The Flock Sock is a slip on cover designed to help protect a Flock camera from the harmful radiation of the sun. Your city spent their very own hard earned tax dollars scattering these cameras everywhere to keep you safe, all it cost you was a little privacy. The very least you can do is help protect these valuable civil servants from getting a bad sunburn.
Definitely don’t print that in PLA so it melts all over the camera in the sun. That’ll be awful to remove.
This is overblown. I’ve had a little watering can I printed for the kids sitting outside during these heat waves all summer and it hasn’t deformed at all. Slightly bleached from the sun, but same shape.
If you ever need to replace it, try with PETG. It holds up better in the elements
Doesn’t pla become brittle? And it takes a while? I printed out a plug for my motorcycle in PLA a couple years ago that I have been meaning to replace but it’s been just fine so far and it’s in the sun when I’m riding.
It melts at a lower temperature than other thermoplastics, but still not till closer to boiling water temperatures. If you put PLA in boiling water it’ll deform, whereas other plastics will still hold up at that temperature
Yeah exactly. It doesn’t turn into a sticky mess that would ruin a camera until around 170-190°C
You could hit it with a heat gun though
Doesn’t pla become brittle?
Maybe.
Eventually.
But but I’ve had PLA light shades and garden decorations out in the weather (direct sun, rain, freezing temperatures) for 3-4 years without any noticeable deterioration.
I hope no one finds out that a class 3 laser is enough to burn the sensor rendering the camera inoperable.
It’s not just the camera, you have to take out Bluetooth and Wi-Fi too, they can use both to track people.
Be careful about pointing a class 3 above the horizon. Pilots can see it if they are within a 8km radius.
Unless it’s a Faraday bag or something it’s not going to stop the signal tracking right? Might as well be a plastic bag.
Wrap with aluminum foil tape:
Make sure to wear gloves when applying so your hands don’t get sticky
A bit of super glue on the inside will help it fit nice and snug.
rocks are everywhere and they rhyme with flock so they’re natural besties.
Would be a better design if it was vase mode printable.
Most slicers can do that for you.
Only if its design allows and this one would be a issue.
Spray foam insulation is easier to acquire, easier to apply, and more durable (i.e. it won’t be removed by pranksters wishing to expose the lens to harmful proximaster radiation)
Anybody in the Seattle area need me to print up a batch?