Rotating Flash Bracket

I designed this rotating flash bracket because I couldn't find an existing design available for 3D printing. Commercial brackets that rotate the flash around the lens to keep it above the camera when switching between landscape and portrait are available, but tend to be either very expensive or rather flimsy with the weight of the flash gun on top.

I found that using separate components that join together, added much more strength to the overall structure and has the advantage of being able to replace individual parts as required.

Strength was the biggest challenge, as there is a surprising amount of twisting force across the bracket when used, and because of the value of the equipment that it supports, I opted to use steel screws to join the components together instead of printed PLA screws. The joint between the head and the thread of printed PLA screws proved to be very weak with the screw head shearing off too easily.

I used an aluminium 100mm Arca bracket which can conne