Cold Shoe to 1/4"-20 Adapter
A simple adapter that turns a cold shoe mount into a 1/4"-20 threaded stud, useful for attaching cold-shoe accessories — monitors, mics, lights — to a tripod, selfie stick, or anything else with a standard camera thread.
What you'll need
- 3D printer
- Cold shoe accessory
- 1/4"-20 threaded mount (tripod, stick, etc.)
Suggested material: PLA or similar. No supports needed.
Design by LeahDavidson, originally published on Thingiverse. Shared here unmodified under CC BY 4.0.
Before you print this
- The threads and standards holding your camera togetherPhotography runs on about six standards, two of which are imperial threads from the nineteenth century and one of which is not really a standard at all.
- Printing threads that actually fitA thread that binds and a thread that rattles usually have the same cause, and it is rarely the model file.