Anyone who has owned an ARRI S camera of any variety knows that the factory power cable has a long, but limited lifespan, and once it’s no longer usable, it quickly becomes unobtainable. I recently acquired 3 ARRI S cameras, and of course, none of them had power cables. As it was high time for me to finally take the time to learn to use a 3D modeling program, I spent much of this week stumbling through that learning process. Having learned traditional drafting in school, I found the CAD drawing process to be … less than intuitive, but I have slowly begun to figure it out. I used the machine shop model I made a few months back of the ARRI S power connector as the template to build my 3D model. Despite the struggles, I managed to make a prototype connector that works with the ARRI S/ST camera, maintains the cable lock feature of the ST, and still fits within the envelope of the camera for tripod mounting. The pictures here show the prototype made from PETG HF, after having tried PLA and the almost impossible to print with ABS. For the final version, I think I will stick with the PETG HF as it seems to give the strongest and cleanest print, but in the more traditional black to match the camera. Many thanks to my Bambu Labs P1S printer which pretty much holds your hand through the printing process. I will show all the bits and pieces of the final version next week and show it powering a camera.
