Camera Snailcase

Old notes here: RaspberryPi/Weatherproof Camera Case/Old

Pelican Modification Stage 1

Stage 1 of the Pelican case modification was to drill a hole and insert a camera. No attention was paid to weatherproofing, the goal was simply to deploy a camera, Raspberry Pi, and power source in the Pelican case.

Preparing the Modification

(insert plans/schematics here)

Drilling the Hole

The camera diameter was 0.55 inches, and the largest drill bit i had access to was 0.5 inches.

My procedure was as follows:

• Drill a pilot hole starting with a small drill bit.
• Drill a progressively larger hole by using 4 increasing drill bit sizes (the Pelican case is tough to drill through).
• Drill a hole with the 0.5 inch drill bit.
• Clear excess plastic inside and around the hole with a Dremmel tool, to create a more even hole diameter.
• Test camera to see if camera fits into hole.
• Drill the hole to be progressively larger by "shaving" material off the sides using the 0.5 inch drill bit.
• Clear excess plastic with the Dremmel tool.
• Test camera to see if camera fits into hole.
• Repeat until camera fits.
• Use sandpaper to smooth edges of hole and clear excess plastic.

A couple of photos of the process. Note that I was using a hand drill, not the drill press. These photos show the smaller pilot hole, and a progressively larger hole.

Finished Case

(Photo of the finished product case: inside and out)

Packing the Case

Photos of packing up the case with foam, Raspberry Pi, power source, wifi settings, camera, go.