Summary

I customized/hacked on Sixpm's original compact camera thumbgrip, attempting to create a near-reproduction of the "official" $200 thumbgrip that Leica sells for its CL camera. It took me a few tries, but seems to work great on my Leica CL now!

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

LulzBot

                                            <p class="detail-setting printer"><strong>Printer: </strong>                     <div><p>Mini 2</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting rafts"><strong>Rafts: </strong>                     <div><p>Yes</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting supports"><strong>Supports: </strong>                     <div><p>Yes</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting infill"><strong>Infill: </strong>                     <div><p>30%</p></div></p>                                                    <strong>Filament:</strong> Colorfabb nGen                    <br>                        <p class="detail-setting notes"><strong>Notes: </strong>                    </p><div><p>Highly recommend you use a raft under the whole thing (to improve bed adhesion), and then build add print-supports underneath the part that sticks into the flash-shoe.</p><p>Because you'll be putting physical stress on this grip during use, I recommend you <em>not</em> use a brittle material like PLA.  I personally used the Colorfabb nGen material (a sort of nylon polymer) because it's much stronger than PLA and has a bit of 'flex' to it.</p></div>

How I Designed This

I made all my modifications inside a Tinkercad project, then used Simplify3D to prepare for printing. The photo shows my final design printed in blue, but it obviously looks better if you print in black to match the camera. :-)

Thumbgrip for Leica CL Camera