Single HD Gyro Image stabilizer

Step 3 Materials

For the gyro  I had a 80 Gb 7200 RPM single platter HD, still in use for external backups.

2 USB car phone chargers convert the 12 V lead cell input power into 5V, 800 mA max. (HDs need both 5 and 12 V, the newer SATA HDs need 3.3 V as well).

A simple hinge has the pin taken out. Instead a piece of M8 thread holds the hinge together. A small tube is put over it as a spacer and a knob at the end allows fixing the hinge in any desired position.

A small plate of aluminum is attached to the camera side of the hinge, to provide space for the HD in park position (not too thin, think about stability!).

A piece of poplar wood, from one of them knicknack wooden boxes, covers and protects the delicate backside of the HD.

Comments

[redfoxtrystman]

this is a verry interesting idea. if it was not so big i would love totry it.

but great Instructable.