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DIY Pro Tripod iSight mount

5th December 2005, 01:24 am

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My dad is a master deal finder. Over the thanksgiving holiday, I traded him a broadband router for this super nice pro camera tripod that he located for $6.95 at his local Salvation Army store. The only thing it was missing was any way to mount a camera.. a problem I’m sure I can rectify with an inexpensive solution from a camera store, or an even less expensive solution from my garage. :) While my camera’s in the shop, I figured I can use it for a really great iSight tripod.

So, here I present a solution for a pro-tripod mounted iSight bracket. Even simpler than the last version, this only has 3 pieces. The mounting plate is cut from some scrap hardboard, and has two angle bevels sloping inward like this: /___\ Add to this, a tall piece of hard board of the same width as the mounting plate, and a small piece of hardwood or plywood … whatever, I mean.. this is so basic. The goal here isn’t to match the angles of the tripod’s mounting angles so much as it is to just get the length of the mounting plate such that the cam lever will secure it in place.

Glue it up, and add a couple of counter-sunk short screws for stability (offset from each other so as not to crash into each other in your backer block of wood), and voila, iSight tripod mount v.3… the pro-edition. :)

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3 Comments

  1. MAKE: Blog:

    DIY pro tripod iSight mount

    Here’s another iSight tripod - Steve writes “My dad is a master deal finder. Over the thanksgiving holiday, I traded him a broadband router for this super nice pro camera tripod that he located for $6.95 at his local Salvation Army store. The only th…

    7 December 2005, 5:51 am

  2. C.B.Leslie:

    Looks good!

    7 December 2005, 8:02 am

  3. Frank32:

    Drat, your picture server is down. I saw this from the Make blog.

    4 April 2008, 3:54 pm

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