This makes for a great stable mount. The only thing to be aware of is that some may not be as easy as this one to disassemble. Some have a ring or nut holding the pin in place rather than just the pressure of the spring.
They also sell an aluminum version for around $8 which is quite nice. I don't drill and mount a GoPro plate to it. I just use a Smallrig or Camvate 'magic clamp' type thing to attach to the top of the handle after I close it. Oh yeah it would never hurt to tie a safety string to it in case it does come loose. Might be the difference between getting your camera and mount back or seeing it fly away and get run over
When I got back into making videos I spent some time looking over my analytics and it is clear you guys love the DIY mounts most of all. Now it is just up to me too keep coming up with cool idea. One video a week, 52 weeks a year that is a lot of new DIY mounts come up with.
Now that's a great idea. But I got a similar suction cup and for some reason it comes off the surface after about 10 minutes, no matter how smooth surface (for example a table) I put it on. Before it comes off it grips very well. Does yours leaks as well, or maybe I found a lower quality one?
Zerbert_The_Zuma if there is nothing in between that could damage the surface (like sand) then i don't think it'll damage it also wet the surface and the suction cups to get better suction
True! If you added two extender bars you would be able to get more angles or you could mount the tripod mount the other way around, this would get you a little bit more clearance.
Thanks man! I have to give credit to AVE for the idea to add classical music over top of drilling/milling. If you have not seen his channel you should check it out.
An obvious question but why didn't you just use a gopro mount with the 3M sticker instead of all the effort of dismantling, drilling and re-assembly. That's what they were designed for.
