Here's one I made the other day. Thought it'd be worth posting, as it's cheap as chips. Parts & kit needed: 2 x exhaust clamps (~ 40 or 45 or 50mm depending on cage diagonal), 1.13 for 2 in my case 3-4mm steel plate (you decide) - I found some lying around 6 & 8mm dia steel rod from B&Q, 1.83 & 3.01 respectively 1/4 Whitworth bolt from a specialist(ish) nut & bolt shop + washer + spring washer - forget, but guessing 1. Tools: welder, hacksaw, bench grinder, spirit level Start off with a cardboard & gaffer tape mock up, exhaust clamps stay in place throughout: Planning done, rip it apart, and create the steel top plate - MIG in: For max rigidity, just to try to avoid any vibration, thick plate used here. Right edge pre-shamfered for max weld face, as this can't be flying off. Check with spirit level & proceed. Strengthening bits next, ground for attachment surface area: Start tagging them in place in situ: Structurally together now, so off car to finish previous welds and and finish triangulating: I chose 8mm at the ends and base + 6mm for other bits. No real reason other than wanting to throw plenty of heat and strength at key bits and know it's all sound. Quite possibly over engineered, but I've had wobble with this camera, so have deliberately done this to see if it's the camera or the mount. Finishing bits done & spatter tidy- then back in for mount up: Drill hole in top and attach camera with bolt from below: Then either remove the camera strap or cable tie then straps on to the cage tube - and Take 1 ! Comments welcome. Obviously it would be far nicer in aluminium, but they you need more kit! Possible improvements are a tripod adaptor on the top for quick attachment/removal, or a gel mount to eradicate any vibration. I used this one at Kames last weekend, but haven't got round to watching it, so don't know how it's doing on that front yet. Credit where credit's due: the inspiration came about from a similar one made in the lead up to the Spa trip (by Mark) for the Reeves Mk1 last year
Looks good! Can`t beat a bit of over-engineering... I take it you`ll be spraying it up too? Has to be satin black, natch!
As above, quite possibly over engineered as I am chasing vibration issues, which I suspect are to do with the camera, or may require a gel mount. Work in progress There's a bit of weight swinging around due to the angle of the top plate, so it does need a bit of bracing as a min.
I suggest putting a boat shoe sole between the camera and the mount All the facny shoe shops in Westfields are stocking them now which I guess means that they are back in fashion! Gurds
See, there's an idea. I have an old boat shoe I can cut up. But being the height of fashion, surely cutting up a used looking one would be sacrilege? Westfield is cack btw. I'm waiting for it to go bust!
I like that. looks secure one question though, why use a sprit level in a car ? wouldn't it be better to have put the camera on the plate and aligned it by eye ?
