Prusa XL nozzle 8mm camera remix

For whatever reason I could only find the larger 8mm bore/endo scope cameras that work with a Windows PC on Amazon. Everything else was either a standalone tool or only worked on smartphones \_(ツ)_/

So the camera cavity was enlarged for ~8mm diameter camera and raised to not hit the bed, wire holes widened to 4.5mm, and the entire housing lengthened by 15mm. 

Most importantly: to get a useable image I sandwiched a scrap of purged filament string between the housing and the camera at the lens end. The view is overwise just 100% blocked by the selector block. All you need is ~1mm of space. Kinda jank but it does give you the power to customize your view angle, it works, and I didn't feel like printing another iteration.

During homing movements the housing will extend past the XL's XY-gantry edge. So dont use this if you've got an enclosure. Double extendo selector looks silly.

I used a rubber band on the arms at the tool selector attachment end for a stronger attachment. It was a bit too loose without it. Print setting issue, not a design one. Maybe print those arms or the base it's attached to with more than just two perimeters/layers to stiffen them up.

Also make sure that whatever camera you buy has the ability to turn it's exposure setting down. The toolhead LEDs on the XL are absolutely blinding (to the point of uselessness) at default exposure levels and my camera's own LEDs were useless even at max.

2025.07.25 edit: Removed camera link since they changed the product from a PC USB cam to some fully handheld cam unit thing. My original cam did die (semi-rigid wire is partially broken) and I replaced it with this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YDTG464