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[Captain Vimes]

I'm heading to a track day next weekend with some friends and wanted to capture some onboard footage of the day. As I don't have a harness bar my options for securing a camera were limited. So after a successful morning fixing the central heating I headed into the garage to see what I could find laying around to make a camera mount.

 

Inspired by the harness bar approach, I used an old Vileda mop (hasn't been used for over a year) which had a handle made of nice thin steel tube. Plus I used some sheet alluminium that was laying around, a couple of odd bolts and I pinched the little fixing bolt from a tripod I have.

 

I'm pretty pleased with the results so thought I would share for inspiration for others in a similar position...

 

 

Mop handle and mounting bracket:

 

My little helper:-

 

 

Camera Mount:

 

With Camera on:-

 

 

Collateral Damage:-

 

 

And finally some footage to prove it works.  It's got some vibration going on so I may add an extra little support (if I can be bothered):-

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Captain Vimes, 05 October 2013 - 11:49 PM.

[Rickwoo118]

That mount is well good. Looks the job.

[Ormes]

Loving it

[Captain Vimes]

Well I was only 'moping' around yesterday anyway. Watching my lines back will help me to 'clean' up at future track days.

[Jason]

Looks pretty good, I know only a test vid but the camera is focused on the dash try focus on something in front of car and leave on manual.

[Wreelybro]

Loving the McGiver mount!