Introduction: DIY FLEXIBLE & ROTATABLE STAND FOR ( SMARTPHONE/DIGITAL CAMERA)

About: Hai I am sathish kumar, PCB Design Engineer.I likes to make weekend projects with things mostly from scrap yard in order to recycle and also to reduce cost of project.
In this project we can see how to make our own flexible,360 degree rotatable stand for your smartphone and also for digital camera which can helps you to watch videos,taking photos ,recording video at any angle any direction.Cost of this project is very less because the things used in the project is mostly from scrap yards.Let see how to make this

Step 1: MATERIALS NEEDED:

materials needed for this project are
1. study lamp
2.ceiling fan body cover
3.bearing
4.drawing board clip (2 pcs)
5.a piece of plastic(3'x5')inch

TOOLS:
1.basic tools
2.drilling machine

Step 2: SEPERATING REQUIRED THINGS FROM MATERIAL :

First we want seperate required things from the material

-----> so first take the study lamp and remove the base cover  and now remove the buld holder,only we need is flexibile pipe,it is to keep the phone/camera at desired angle

----->Now take the ceiling fan body cover and remove the screws from it and take the upper cover.The upper cover is the base for stand which also have holder for bearing.



Step 3: MAKING OF BASE STAND:

To make stand
---->place the bearing in the holder of celing fan and press it tightiy.
----->Now pass on end of tube through ceiling fan cover to bearing
         and fix ti tightly with a nut.
------>Flexible and rotatable base is ready .Next we want to make holder for
          mobile and also for camera
-------->Height of the stand can be increased just by adding an pipe of desired length between bearing and flexiable tube,
              and also add some weight to base fan cover to keep stand stable.

Step 4: MAKING HOLDER FOR PHONE

---->To make the holder  for phone take the plastic piece and drill a hole at center on part of plastic to fix it with the stand,
        and also drill two small hole on other part at each end  distance between two hole depends on length of your phone.
---->Now drill a small hole in both the drawing board clamp to fix it with plastic board
       and conect the drawing board clip to the plastic board with a screw and nut and tight it .
----->Now the holder for mobile  is ready.
 
---->Now connect the holder to the stand.
       And your phone stand is ready.

Step 5: MAKING HOLDER FOR CAMERA

----->To mount your camera

----->Take another piece of plastic (2'x3')inch size

----->Drill an hole at on end to connect it with stand

------>Drill hole on other end to to connect (1/4)inch bolt which is to mount your camer

------>Now the camera holder is ready

----->Fix the holder to the stand
 

Step 6: PAINT OF STAND




---->At last paint the stand to get good look.
 ---->Finally the stand wall made and now able to watch videos from mobile/camera able to click photos ,record videos at any angle .
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