Sunday 22 September 2013

Making a hook-handled walking stick

Here is a very useful and easy on the hand walking stick. Made from a birch cutting found in a forest plantation.
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This is how it was found...
Walking stick

Close up (with pug paw)...
Walking stick

The branch was cut short for a handle...
Walking stick

Then some penknife whittling...
Walking stick

Walking stick

Walking stick

Later, back at the shed - some planing and filing
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Until a well-smooth handle energed...
Walking stick handle

Walking stick handle

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Monday 16 September 2013

Making a universal camera mount from a set of locking grips

Mole Grips are pretty awesome. They will attach to almost anything, have simple adjustment and quick-release via a simple lever. If you add a camera clip, then you have an adjustable universal camera mount - sweet!

Go Pro go anywhere mount
Here they're clamped onto bike handlebars - handy.

To attach the clip, a hole was drilled into a pair of cheap grips.
Go Pro go anywhere mount
A corresponding hole was also drilled in a Go Pro mounting bracket and a self-tapping screw threaded through into a section of nylon cylinder, acting as a locking nut (below)

Go Pro go anywhere mount

Crude, but effective. This mount allows you to clamp onto almost anything.
Go Pro go anywhere mount