The bottlecap tripod

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Here’s a real simple incredibly portable tripod you can make for under $2 – a plastic cap from a soda bottle.

Materials –

Cap from an empty soda bottle. In the United States the same caps are used for everything from single serving 4 ounce up through 2 liter bottles. The caps used for bottle water are the same diameter and thread but may not fit as precisely.

A 1/4"-20 bolt, about 1.5 inches long.
A 1/4"-20 nut.
A 1/4"-20 free spinning washer nut.

The hardware is available from any hardware store, it cost me $3 for enough parts to build two sets.

Step 1 Make a hole in the bottlecap

Use an awl or something similar to make a hole in the middle of the bottle cap. Use a knife or drill to increase the diameter of the hole to 1/4 inch. Clean any burrs out the hole.

Comments

[Truehart]

I could also see this being a "quick and dirty" stabilizer for the smaller video cams out there just by adding some water in the bottle.