Introduction: Camera Strap
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Great product indeed, but 40 bucks?
I went to a local hardware shop in my hometown in The Netherlands and bought a screw wich fits a standard camera mount.
Bored a 3mm hole in the screw with the column drill, and completed my solution with a keyring and the little wheel from and old tripod.
Total price was 25 euro cents.
7 Comments
1 year ago
Brilliant idea! A thought... you could use a 1/4 20 nut as a locknut against the washer to prevent accidental loosening. It would allow the ring bore to still be loose enough for movement but tight enough to not move.
Reply 1 year ago
You’re right, and I tried it, but I didn’t have enough depth/lenght, the hole in the camera is too shallow. Having said that, if has never come off in five or six years. But I made a new one two years ago, when I noticed the ring had been cutting a little play in the bolt :-)
10 years ago on Introduction
all tripod mounts are 1/4-20 threads
11 years ago on Introduction
*Facepalm*
Why didn't I think of this...
12 years ago on Introduction
This is great, what are the dimensions of the screw you used?
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
I haven't seen your comment until now Hobbs, but I took the camera to a hardware shop en found a screw that fitted the thread. Length was just right, and inch or so longer than the hole in the camara was deep, enought left to drill the hole.
12 years ago on Introduction
I'm not sure, I took the camera to the hardware store and the guy over there found one that fits. Actually there were more than the one I used, different heads and lenghts.