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Old 01-04-2013, 06:09 PM
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Homemade In-Car Camera Mount

What's needed:
2 U-Bolts - mine were 1" long and 1/4" wide
4 Wingnuts - 1/4" obviously
1/4 " - 20, 1" long screw - Used to mount camera
3/4" Piece of wood, or hollow aluminum tube - get the tube and dont be cheap like me (Im a student )
Ruler
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A Brain and two hands

Tools used:
Hacksaw
Drill & Drill bits (1/4")





Camera bolt through here





Vid to come, still play between camera and mount, have to tighten it up

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Nice effort.
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Old 01-05-2013, 02:00 PM
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Thanks!

Fixed, added a washer lol I'm an idiot. The camera was not sitting flush and tight against the mount before, there was a gap. I'll make a new video about the new and improved later
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^I made a very similar mount last year using PVC pipe and attaching it to the headrest posts with U bolts. One thing I found to be needed (at least with my DSLR) was a base plate of some sort for the camera. The camera would vibrate alot..but a little foam on a piece of would and this was fixed
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Originally Posted by tigersharkdude
^I made a very similar mount last year using PVC pipe and attaching it to the headrest posts with U bolts. One thing I found to be needed (at least with my DSLR) was a base plate of some sort for the camera. The camera would vibrate alot..but a little foam on a piece of would and this was fixed
Oh you mean between camera and mount? Word. I guess I could do that in replace of having the washer, since the washer no longer allows the camera to be "fully" screwed in.

And Im using a point and shoot not DSLR, I think with a heavy DSLR it would bend the PVC a lot putting a lot of weight towards the DSLR and thus you'd get a lot of vibration cuz its jumpin up n down
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tigershark - you were right. I put the washer underneath the camera instead of on the bolt if you know what I mean. Doesnt jump around anymore, smooth.
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Bump my friend and I decided to go for a drive today. We usually go on backroads that we've pre scouted, normally empty, and away from residential areas. Mount does job well I'd say. Hope no one minds me posting a vid of some "spirited driving". Look at the HD goodness!

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thank you,The camera was not sitting flush and tight against the mount before, there was a gap
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