Cheap and sturdy iPhone tripod/holder

Since I bought my iPhone, almost a year ago, I'm using it on daily basis. Except for a telephone/messaging use, I'm playing games (iPhone drastically prolonged my time sitting on toilet bowl), finger painting, listening to music/audio books, surfing while on public transportation etc. Since my compact camera broke (my schizophrenic cat did it!), I'm also using it as a camera.

There are a lot of useful photography applications for iPhone (like Pano, StopMotion Recorder, Camera Plus, Photogene etc), but I'm still trying to make the most of them. Trust me, it's pretty hard (and frustrating) to take a full figure shot of yourself with iPhone - without some kind of tripod. Not to mention making a series of photos for stop animation. Improvisations with cigarette box, book or something similar also resulted as failure. :)

So, I decided to make an iPhone tripod. Searching Instructables I found some really good ideas, but nothing really usable (for my needs). Or, if it is usable, it's pretty expensive (I'm a bit skimpy :), or it's impossible to find materials (looks like, in my country, no one ever heard of a segmented hose).

This instructable is my (successful) attempt to make usable tripod :)

Some of ideas that helped me (that I stole?) are: Wine cork stand, Tripod adapter for iPhone, Make your own Gorillapod etc.

P.S. As you probably noticed, I'm not native English speaker, so excuse me for grammar errors. ;)

Step 1 Tools needed

For this project, you'll need a few tools that you surely have in your home (or, you can improvise with something similar). These are:

- small screwdriver (you can also use phillips screwdriver)
- measuring tape (although, you can make everything without it, just by heart :))
- pliers (for cutting wire, or maybe removing wire insulation)
- sharp knife (i used snap blade knife. Really weak and cheap one)
- superglue
- small awl (or something pointy :))
- iPhone tray (from original package)

Comments

[RockmanAU]

Good on ya! Nice stop anim too!