Homemade camera mounts
 

So I have the roll bar, camera, and a few ideas on how to marry the two, but I'd like to see how others have done it before I commit to a solution.

FWIW, I purchased the Oregon Scientific ATC-2000 that was posted in an earlier thread. The camera comes with a handle bar mount that I am looking to utiliize. My solution so far is a PVC tee hose clamped to the roll bar with a handlebar sized pipe coming out of the lateral on the tee. Another possibility is reusing the holes in the secret compartment where the wind screen mounts. The view is a little low, but very stable.

Thanks in advance :thumbup:

Here's a cheap idea I've been kicking around and I'd like some feedback on. Does anyone see a problem with drilling a hole in a suitably beefy harness bar to mount a monopod head, like this:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/items/5491.jpg

That's a Bogen 3229, by the way (less than $30). They have a threaded socket on the bottom that accepts, I believe, a 3/8in thread. So, the harness bar would have one hole slightly larger than 3/8ths of an inch drilled in it. Is that a dumb idea?

You can buy a mount for about $40. http://www.chasecam.com/mounts-clamp.htm

No drilling required.

Nice link. My Home Depot solution will be very similar to this one:

http://www.chasecam.com/mounts/ezmountbar-sm.jpg

I am still a bit worried about the camera rotating about the bar during hard braking with this mount. I should have something tonight or tomorrow to show everyone.

[QUOTE=tinkfist,Jan 22 2007, 12:47 PM] Nice link.

My solution....$7

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The camera came with a swivel base and the green handlebar mount, so that was key to making this idea work, but those items could be found for cheap somewhere. With this setup I am able to get three axis adjustability, far back mountability, and easy driver access :thumbup:

Parts used:

PVC 1.75" x 0.75" Tee
PVC 0.75" Female to Male connector
PVC 0.75" Threaded coupling
Non-slip padding (between mount and rollbar)
SS Hose Clamps x 2
Flat Black Spraypaint

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Anyone using a Mini-DV camcorder mounted to their bar? They're fairly small in size, but the weight is much more than the cameras shown, above, especially when using a large battery (no plans to purchase any more video equipment this season, as my funds, between track day fees, R compound rubber, 2nd set of wheels, and turbo purchase have forced me to actually start budgeting my expenses).

Last year I used a mount that replaced the between-seat windscreen, but with a harness bar, I can't use that mount any longer (will be selling it soon in For Sale forum).

thanks,
Mark

So the roll bar camera mount is all well and good, but I am still not getting the sense of thrill and speed that I experienced at the event, so I looked for a new vantage point. Here is what I came up with (in prototype form, of course):

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I am planning on placing washers fore and aft of the rubber stopper to add physical barrier there. Overall the video quality is excellent without any shaking. I am not sure if it is the HKS exhaust or what, but there is a nasty rattle in the audio from 3k-6k :thumbdn: I will not be terribly disappointed if I am not permitted to run this on track, but it really does not stick out much further than one of the aftermarket toe hooks, so we'll see at tech :D

Here is the video I shot (Google Video compressed :thumbdn:): http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...25279637342914 . At 30 fps, the video is quite good.

Materials:

OEM tow hook adapter - $0
12mm-1.75 bolt - $1.50
#6.5 stopper - $0.75
Washers x 2 - $0.30

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https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...post&p=10214386

Styrofoam, huh? Is that to save weight? :D