The DIY Mount Kit is an experiment in community hardware development. The idea is to offer an evolving basket of goods through the [kits store](http://store.publiclab.org/products/diy-camera-mount-materials-bundle). The initial set of items included in the kit: - Flexible PVC tubing - steel wire - bamboo chopsticks - 1-hole #3 rubber stopper - 9" lengths of birch dowel - zip ties - rubber bands - caribiners - threaded 1/4-20 nylon stud - 1/2" 1/4-20 thumbscrew - thumbtacks - wooden clothespin ...
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| tonyc | "I've had an idea of a rig made from a chinese togo container and chopsticks for a while. I made one, but the container was not robust enough at the..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "Okay, here is the " /___________\ " configuration I was talking about: fun fact: all these images so far are with a mobius with the 6mm lens. Yo..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
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| tonyc | "slight revision: cut out a portion of the box that included a crease, and left a bit of that in place for reinforcement along horizontal axis. I mo..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "I came up with this while at a sushi restaurant, and saw some kid using the "kid's chopsticks," where they rubber-banded them together at one end. ..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "Awesome ideas, y'all! Mainly I was trying to get the protection centered on the lens, and to get the thing to roll, not resist with rigid protectio..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "McMaster Carr sells aluminum strips 1/16" thick in widths between 1 1/2" and 2" (in various lengths). So a one foot long piece would cost less than..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I like Pat's idea of bolting through a juice bottle. Removing the neck of the bottle could allow good access to the camera, but the bottle shoul..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Tony, I looked at the note in email before I saw the comments from Chris. I like the innovative thinking. The drop test is cool I'd second the poi..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That's an awesome crash test. I think taking advantage of the tripod socket is a really good idea. The little tripod head you use is more than you ..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
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| tonyc | "OK, this is now its own research note, but the chopstick leg model is winning out for me! I added a little "butt" for it to land on. Now it rol..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "Added some stick legs. Inspired by a recent bike accident, I thought I'd try to make the camera roll, rather than try to actually stop itself rigid..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "The dowel is just a birch dowel, cheap as they come. But the design case was to have everything ship in a standard kit box, so the pendulum is buil..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That looks like a good way to avoid passing the rubber bands out of the bottle top, especially if the shaft could slide easily so the camera can be..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "Committed to Altitude, the Pat Coyle Story, coming soon to a bookstore near you... My final contribution for the day: I'm happy with how strong yo..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Tony, looks promising. The info from Chris is great as well. Lots of ways to go. Having committed many cameras secured with orange rubber bands to ..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "Mainly just safety. just looking for something that would be a "positive lock" between the camera and the kite so nothing squirted out, or in case ..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| warren | "I love the sleeve! very low profile in the wind, too. Why so against rubber bands? " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "big problem I can see is the zip tie allows a wobble that would introduce big jello effect and blur in real wind. I liked the dowel because it was ..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "Very cool, Chris! Thanks for the ideas on this. I still think my method is a bit fussy for public consumption, as it requires some dexterity to ge..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "This looks excellent. John Wells in Scotland has been working on pendulums for keychain cameras and settled on a coat hanger. A nice feature is th..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago |