Camera mount for drink bottles
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Published on April 28, 2010
This thing was Featured on April 28, 2010
Description
This is a highly portable monopod with a 360 degree swivel (well, in one plane at least :-) ball joint. It is to be mounted on top of drink bottles (will fit most PET bottle tops).
Easily carried around, this allows you to quickly set up self-portraits or even closeup of desktop items using one of the most common items around, an ordinary soft drink bottle.
Tested only on small point and shooters, and a Flip camera - i have no idea how the joints will work with SLRs :-) - in any case USE AT OWN RISK!
This design is Not Entirely Original - I first saw a camera adapter for a drink cap last week, and decided to integrate that with a ball joint found on Thingiverse - Thanks Erik and MakerBlock!
Easily carried around, this allows you to quickly set up self-portraits or even closeup of desktop items using one of the most common items around, an ordinary soft drink bottle.
Tested only on small point and shooters, and a Flip camera - i have no idea how the joints will work with SLRs :-) - in any case USE AT OWN RISK!
This design is Not Entirely Original - I first saw a camera adapter for a drink cap last week, and decided to integrate that with a ball joint found on Thingiverse - Thanks Erik and MakerBlock!
Instructions
1. Print all three parts
2. Supply your own screw to fit camera mounting points - i used a screw from an old tripod.
3. super glue everything together
4. now go find a nice subject to shoot
oh, be prepared to print a few different sizes to find the best fit for the ball and socket. Stick to one socket size, for example, and try different ball sizes. That's in the scad file
2. Supply your own screw to fit camera mounting points - i used a screw from an old tripod.
3. super glue everything together
4. now go find a nice subject to shoot
oh, be prepared to print a few different sizes to find the best fit for the ball and socket. Stick to one socket size, for example, and try different ball sizes. That's in the scad file
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Erik
on
May 4, 2010
said:
Very cool. The initial ball/socket was just a trial but then I thought it would probably work since you can tweak it by just entering different values. You can decide how stiff you really want it!
It's very cool to see it actually being printed and used! I'm now linking to this from my original ball joint entry.
MarcusWolschon
on
April 28, 2010
said:
Great!
Now I only need to find a source for 1/4"-screws in continental europe. ;)
What about making the CapSocket tapered, so it will fit more sizes of bottles?
Better: make it tapered from the inside and outside to attach to an open bottle
from both sides.
License
Camera mount for drink bottles by juniortan is licensed under the Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike license.
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