Introduction: Pocket Tripod + Mount for Mini Video
(If I win the laser cutter contest, I'll give it to a high school or college near me with the provision that I can use it to make science experiments. I've been a student teacher in shop classes, and a mentor in 1st robotics. I think the laser cutter would be a great addition to a school. It could help bring together science, engineering and shop classes. For examples of my science projects, see any of my -ibles with "physics" in the title)
The RCA "Little Wonder" and Rite Aid's one time use video cameras are each made to travel in a pocket, but neither has a tripod mount. Therefore, I bent aluminum stock in the vice with a hammer, then drilled and tapped a 1/4-20 hole in each side to accomodate a standard tripod bolt.
As a side benefit, the rectangle is snug enough to set the camera at an angle and use it with no tripod.
The base is a tripod head from a security camera screwed into a T-nut set in wood. This wood is sculpted (by table saw and belt sander) to wrap around ones posterior comfortably.
The RCA "Little Wonder" and Rite Aid's one time use video cameras are each made to travel in a pocket, but neither has a tripod mount. Therefore, I bent aluminum stock in the vice with a hammer, then drilled and tapped a 1/4-20 hole in each side to accomodate a standard tripod bolt.
As a side benefit, the rectangle is snug enough to set the camera at an angle and use it with no tripod.
The base is a tripod head from a security camera screwed into a T-nut set in wood. This wood is sculpted (by table saw and belt sander) to wrap around ones posterior comfortably.
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Hurricane Lasers Contest
