Here is a little goody I made. Sure will come in handy when I need pictures and I am by my self.
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All you need is a 1/4 20 X 1 inch bolt and 2 inch piece of 1 inch dowel.
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Drill a 1/4 hole and epoxy the bolt in leaving just 3/16 sticking out.
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Drill a 5/16 hole in the other end to accommodate the arrow nock. 5/16 fits my woodies great but adjust to your nocks. Needs to be snug. I missed the center but what do you expect for a nickel.
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Excellent idea, thanks!!!
Thanks for the idea !
chuckC
Thanks, one more thing thats on my weekend ToDo list.
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well that sure beats the hell out of trying to get a camera pod from 3 rivers LOL!!!
Dang. I have always wanted a device like this but was too cheap to drop the $20 to get one.
I am making one. Thanks.
I guess I shood have made and sold them for $19.95. Good shooting
any probs with vibration from pressing the shutter release and letting go?
I might try it with 3 holes instead of 1 (my camera is pretty heavy...its a 12x zoom) great Idea though! I bought one of those P.O.S. targas articulating tripods frmo wally world and it broke the first time I tried to use it.
I just thought of another option you could do...
instead of mounting on an arrow, you could install a lag bolt in the bottom of the dowel and then screw it into a tree branch or stump (horizontally or vertically)to hold it steady for pics.
Cool idea Onehair.
I made this for the self timer shots. Not to worried about vibration. I have great ambitions for this year.
Not to jump on your thread but another way I do it is to cut the head off a 1/4-20 bolt and epoxy it into an old carbon shaft. The shaft just rides in my quiver, when I need it, its there. Joe
well...I was on my way out to the garage tonight when I was overcome by a fit of frugality. :)
thinking about this mono-pod thread and having my camera in my hand I set about brainstorming what I could use for my 'arrow legged tripod'. and there it is on my work bench right next to the vise. HOCKEY PUCK!. materials: 1 hockey puck, 1 1/4 -20 x 1 1/2" shoulder bolt (cause I had a whole box of 'em). tools used: bench vise (but any old clamp l'do), cordless drill with one 3/16 and one 5/16" bits, and a ratchet wrench/socket that fits the bolt.
viola!
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I did this totally free hand. drill 3/16 whole through the center. (make whole so its tight enough that you have to thread the bolt through).
next eyeball 3rd points around the outer edge and drill 5/16" holes angling back to the center.
finito. screw the puck into the tripod hole on the bottom of the camera. insert arrows nock end into the 5/16 holes. and thats it. the hockey puck turns out to be pretty cool in that its rigid, but slightly flexable....to accomodate a bit of tweaking the arrow-legs to level or angle the platform. :)
not quite as pretty as wood though.
(why do I suddenly feel like Red Green?)
Cool idea!
You guys are some fart smellers....I mean smart fellers