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Title: Light weight Camera mount
Post by: The Night Stalker on September 05, 2010, 02:13:00 PM
I am shooting Axis skinny carbons and made a small camera mount to take self pictures.
Here is the list of Materials.

Thread rod 1/4-20x 3 inch

T-Nuts 1/4-20 x 7/16 found in hardware in furniture section

Metric self pin 5mm

7/8 wood dowel

5/16 drill

13/64 drill


(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b301/TimAntoine/cameramount005.jpg)


Cut the spikes from the T-Nuts with a dremel tool.

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b301/TimAntoine/cameramount003.jpg)

Then cut the 1/4 inch threaded rod so it just fits in the T-Nut sleeve. Then You take your wooden dowel about a inch long and drill a 5/16 drill hole in the center of one end and a 13/64 hole centered on the other.

glue all the pieces together and it should look like this. It will screw into the bottom of a standard camera mount. The other end fits into your carbon arrow.

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b301/TimAntoine/cameramount005.jpg)

If you get an animal down, you can stick one of your arrows in the ground and mount your camera. Set the timer and take a picture with your animal. You can also take an extra 5mm pin and take your nock an tip off a second arrow and make the mount two arrow high.
Title: Re: Light weight Camera mount
Post by: The Night Stalker on September 05, 2010, 02:15:00 PM
this should be the first picture.
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b301/TimAntoine/cameramount001.jpg)
Title: Re: Light weight Camera mount
Post by: Hot Hap on September 05, 2010, 06:28:00 PM
Thanks-great idea. Hap
Title: Re: Light weight Camera mount
Post by: rastaman on September 05, 2010, 06:46:00 PM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Light weight Camera mount
Post by: toppredator on September 05, 2010, 06:50:00 PM
Sounds very cool.  Can't wait to try it, thanks.