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#1 Captain Vimes

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Posted 05 October 2013 - 11:44 PM

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:

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My little helper:-

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Camera Mount:

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With Camera on:-

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Collateral Damage:-

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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.


#2 Rickwoo118

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Posted 06 October 2013 - 06:22 AM

That mount is well good. Looks the job.

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Posted 06 October 2013 - 07:00 AM

Loving it :)



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Posted 06 October 2013 - 08:41 AM

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

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Posted 06 October 2013 - 10:15 AM

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.

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Posted 06 October 2013 - 06:24 PM

Loving the McGiver mount!





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