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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:10 PM
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Decided I needed a camera mount. Didn't want to pay the market price for one. Put some hardware together and came up with a universal mount that attaches to the headrest:



Then Bo got jealous (knowing what the camera is of course:


Results? Right click and save as. This is from a 45mph roll. Pretty stable methinks:
http://www.williamwren.com/bonnevill...cameratest.mpg
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:11 PM
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thats slick
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:12 PM
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Very COOL

your steering wheel is off tho
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:13 PM
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See the ****? Release it (unscrew) and the 3 joints relax. Put it where you want it, then tighten it.
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:16 PM
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very stable. me likey
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:19 PM
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I see more vids in the future. That'* tight
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:24 PM
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Great idea and cool vid
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:25 PM
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hey will, do you still have that video of you burning out with kate handling the camera? it was a small video but neat, and the link has since gone down
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:27 PM
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I still have it, but pulled it off my server. It was tagged by other forums and was killing my bandwidth.
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 11:29 PM
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That'* pretty damned cool. I did some slight Googling, and seems like the standard tripod thread is just the 1/4"-20. Gets me thinking...
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