Head-rest-mounted camera jig

[John Deere]

I guess O/T is the most suitable place for this thread... Well i just finished making a mount for my camera using the headrest (I've seen others use the same approach). I used about 1/4 inch thick plastic (probably a poly of some sort) that i just had lying around. But for the screw to attach the camera, I actually used a 1$ mini-tripod i bought from the Dollar-store, and cut it down to size. I forgot to take some pics of it, but I uploaded a few video's of it in action and the jig itself

Test with subwoofer

Mount itself

[C91BLX7]

thats fucking tight, never seen a mount like that, it seems really stable too huh?

My mirrors vibrate like that too, but I don't have a sub

[John Deere]

Thanks man!

Yeah, it seemed to be pretty stable when i first tried it out. I've got an older camera that takes 4 AA batteries, so it weighed it down a bit when i set the camera on it. I haven't tried it on the roads yet, but I'm sure it won't be too flexible, but i'll find out soon.

[JohnD1079]

It looks good man, seems sturdy to me. Take a road test and post up the results

[C91BLX7]

Thanks man!

Yeah, it seemed to be pretty stable when i first tried it out. I've got an older camera that takes 4 AA batteries, so it weighed it down a bit when i set the camera on it. I haven't tried it on the roads yet, but I'm sure it won't be too flexible, but i'll find out soon.

just make sure it doesn't vibrate too much like it did with the woofer, you might want to, if you can make an identical piece and put it under it , might help

[JohnD1079]

ya if you could somehow attach another peice of plastic from the center console to the bottom of where the camera sits, i bet it would decrease the movement a lot

[John Deere]

just make sure it doesn't vibrate too much like it did with the woofer, you might want to, if you can make an identical piece and put it under it , might help

Yeah that would probably work pretty good, other than that, i also was thinking of making one that bridged the center console, and attached to one leg each of the driver and passenger head-rests. I've got plenty of the poly left, and the tripod heads only cost 1$, so i'll keep at it till i find something that works

ya if you could somehow attach another peice of plastic from the center console to the bottom of where the camera sits, i bet it would decrease the movement a lot

Hmm, I'll work on it and see if i can't find something to do that. As of right now it's a quick-release set up, i just put it in the pocket on the back of the passenger seat. If i can find a way to make it fold or something, that would definitely kill all of the vibrations.

[C91BLX7]

Yeah that would probably work pretty good, other than that, i also was thinking of making one that bridged the center console, and attached to one leg each of the driver and passenger head-rests. I've got plenty of the poly left, and the tripod heads only cost 1$, so i'll keep at it till i find something that works

Hmm, I'll work on it and see if i can't find something to do that. As of right now it's a quick-release set up, i just put it in the pocket on the back of the passenger seat. If i can find a way to make it fold or something, that would definitely kill all of the vibrations.

cool man, definatly keep us posted, also im sure some people would be interest in buying some

[John Deere]

Results (Sort of...)

Ok, so it got dark before i knew it, and i didn't get a chance to really test it, so i went for a quick drive about an hour ago. It does vibrate a little bit when bumps are hit, and there's a weird clicking noise that i can't figure out what's causing it. Either way, I'll get some daylight ones up probably early tomorrow, maybe some higher quality ones too, then work on improving it

First test drive

[1990Ex]

looked good to me but i really want to see some day shots my boy has something like this in his teg its made of wood what is yours made of ?

[NAiL05]

There are a couple of diy on camera mounts in the diy section dunno how effective they are.

[John Deere]

Mine's made of a pretty dense plastic i had lying around in the garage, in about 3 foot lenghts.

I checked out the DIY section, some of them look pretty interesting. I like the idea of having a two-piece setup that uses wing-nuts to tighten it to the headrest, as of now mine is a friction fit. I'll get more video's up later

[John Deere]

I went and took some quick shots this morning, one in 640x480, the other in 320x240. I found out what the clicking noise was, its actually something rattling inside the camera, so the mount is accoustically sound.

High quality

Low quality

[1990Ex]

looks good to me like i said before. but you guys have some bumpy roads in nb now its time to get some kills