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DIY headrest camera mount: Build thread / How to..
Beddie:
Been meaning to stick a quick guide up for a few weeks and seeing as Richwig got round to making his i thought i'd do a few pics on my version of a DIY headrest mount, aka the 'Pikey mount'... :grin:
Started off as i fancied a headrest mount for track / ring footage and found a few on ebay etc, best out of the bunch imo was the 'Hague' mount but at nearly £70 posted it's pretty damn pricey so i got to thinking i could build my own for much less...
Parts required
1 x length of 20mm square ali bar stock
2 x M15 'U' bolts
4 x M6 wing nuts to suit U bolts
1 x M6 40mm bolt
1 x small length of 6mm poly pipe
2 x 20mm square rubber end bungs
1 x mini camera tripod ball mount
First step was to cut the bar stock to length, i got the bar from B&Q and it comes as a 1 metre length and handily i found that 500mm seems to be the perfect length for the mount so it was cut in half (leaves enough over to make another mount too!) :happy2:
Then got all the other bits and bobs ready...
M15 U bolts and wingnuts..
20mm end bungs..
Mini tripod ball mount (removeable type required that has screw thread fixing in base)..
Length of 6mm Poly pipe
Once the bar was cut to length i offered it up to the headrest tubes to mark the position of the 'U' bolts mounting holes, the final position of the camera mount was marked on the end of the bar by halfing the distance between the 2 headrests so that the camera will sit as central as possible..
Bar was then drilled for the 'U' bolts and for the camera mount (7mm drill for clearance on the U bolts and M6 bolt for ball head hole - my particular mount had a square base so needed a 10mm hole on the top side of the bar)
Quick lick of paint with some black matt plasticote i had lying around leaves this...
Small lengths of poly pipe cut to size and slipped onto U bolts to help them grip the headrest tubes and cut down on vibration...
Then all the bits assembled ready for fitment into the car..
For camera duties on the mount i chose a Flip Ultra HD cam: full HD recording and super simple to use, very light and the new 3rd gen version shoots in 60fps and has image stabilisation, £95 on ebay :happy2:
And finally mounted in the car :happy2:
Total cost for the mount was just over £12 :happy2:
Sample footage:
hugh jass:
:congrats:Great thread. A little bit better than my 1kg of blue tac on the dash :grin: :grin:
DaveB@Vagbremtechnic:
Fantastic Thread Steveyboy
No Elevators or Lifts were "modded" in the procurement of the u bolts or bar I hope..... :evilgrin:
SteveP:
Good work steve, also impressed with the quality from the flip ultra :happy2:
Beddie:
--- Quote from: DaveB1970 on July 30, 2011, 02:16:48 pm ---Fantastic Thread Steveyboy
No Elevators or Lifts were "modded" in the procurement of the u bolts or bar I hope..... :evilgrin:
--- End quote ---
Even I'm not that bad... :wink:
Although there might have been £12 of expenses for lift parts on the timesheets that week.....
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