Member Contributer huntinggunns Posted December 11, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted December 11, 2012 My wife surprised me the other day with an early Christmas present. A new GoPro HD Hero2. I have been toying with how I wanted to mount it and came up with this. I just used an extra RAM mount ball that I had lying around and one of the flat, self adhesive mounts from the GoPro (with the adhesive backing completely removed). I cut the RAM mount ball base just behind the original screw holes so it would sit right. Then i drilled a couple of new holes in the ball base and matched those holes to the GoPro flat mount. I then countersunk the holes in the GoPro flat mount and screwed the 2 pieces together. The camera sets just a little lower than I wanted as I was using the short arm that I use for my GPS. Time to order the longer mount arm from RAM mount and a couple of extra items for the GoPro. When these come in I will take some video to see how it all works. I did take a short clip with it mounted while sitting in the garage and it looks like it will work just fine. It just needs to be a little higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer 2thdr Posted December 11, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted December 11, 2012 You lucky dog! Cool gadget... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Knute Posted December 11, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted December 11, 2012 Nice idea. Going to have to throw one together too. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc339 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Also, if you dont have the spare parts and stuff or dont want to fab anything, they make tripod mounts for the GoPro and tripod ball RAM mounts, so thats pretty easy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 And visa versa , possibly a new way to mount gps as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer huntinggunns Posted December 12, 2012 Author Member Contributer Share Posted December 12, 2012 You lucky dog! Cool gadget... Thanks Steve. Been wanting one for a while. It is lucky in the sense that I got the Gopro, but unlucky that my Penske will have to wait for a little while longer. Also, if you dont have the spare parts and stuff or dont want to fab anything, they make tripod mounts for the GoPro and tripod ball RAM mounts, so thats pretty easy too. Thanks tc. I just saw the Gopro mounting ball at GPS City. It was not that hard to fab up the mount I made but the pre-made one sure looks a whole lot better. Here is the link for anyone that is interested in the mount. http://www.rammount.com/newproducts/goprocameramount/tabid/3665/default.aspx And visa versa , possibly a new way to mount gps as well. You are right Monk. Since I have my GPS mounted like this already, all I have to do is swap them out when I want. It takes about 2 seconds to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wera803 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Thanks tc. I just saw the Gopro mounting ball at GPS City. It was not that hard to fab up the mount I made but the pre-made one sure looks a whole lot better. Here is the link for anyone that is interested in the mount. http://www.rammount....65/default.aspx That's what I bought for mine. I've only tried it once though because it seemed to have more vibration than I cared for. The picture just wasn't smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Knute Posted December 12, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted December 12, 2012 Also, if you dont have the spare parts and stuff or dont want to fab anything, they make tripod mounts for the GoPro and tripod ball RAM mounts, so thats pretty easy too. Never even thought of Ram mount... of course they'd make something like this! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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