So, more camera mount stuff. (engineering minds of SiS)

[HeavyMetal]

and obviously this is done fully doorless.

as long as he doesn't mount it in the way of the door handles

[ninetysix-ex-jay]

If I was home for longer then a day I'de say lets do this. If you dont have anything done up by the 28th then we can finger it out

[HeavyMetal]

If I was home for longer then a day I'de say lets do this. If you dont have anything done up by the 28th then we can finger it out

you got it, i aint really diving into it in any kind of rush, so thatll probably be realistic

any idea on a pre existing clamp? anyone?

[Lawn Guyland]

If I was home for longer then a day I'de say lets do this. If you dont have anything done up by the 28th then we can finger it out

how dare you try and finger my boyfriend

[HeavyMetal]

[Lawn Guyland]

he said it!

[ninetysix-ex-jay]

We can look at roll cage clamps or something to get it around the tube.

[HeavyMetal]

We can look at roll cage clamps or something to get it around the tube.

interesting

http://www.google.com/products?q=rol...d&sa=N&start=0

[Danksters]

If Phil can machine the two halves of this clamp I whipped up for you and drill and tap (4) 1/2 -13 holes, you can bolt this around the tube and weld the vertical support directly to it.

[HeavyMetal]

If Phil can machine the two halves of this clamp I whipped up for you and drill and tap (4) 1/2 -13 holes, you can bolt this around the tube and weld the vertical support directly to it.

that looks like it would be no problem for phil at all, thanks man

only problem i forsee him having is boring a hole 1.75" big, but he'll chime in when hes home im sure

[Buffalo Phil]

The clamp is the easy part, I just need the materials. 1/2-16 or 5/8 coarse bolts will work just fine.

What I forsee being a problem is the way the camera is mounted to this system.

The camera will get all the shock from the metal platform, I don't know how well the camera can take the abuse if it is directly bolted (via tube) to the slider. How fast do you plan on going?

Every slight shake or vibration in the body will go directly to that camera. There needs to be a buffer area, a cushion, between the camera and the jeep unibody.

Here me out on this, but instead of having a solid piece of tube, we have shock absorbers, vehicle ones the size we need, soft ones, really really soft ones. If someone is going to be behind the camera regardless, you have a steady platform that can take a beating when the body is going over rough terrain. You suspension will take most of the shock, but with that non moving metal tube, it would be like clamping the camera directly to that rail and hope that it doesn't vibrate or break.

Even a steering stabilizer would work, something, have two of them and one solid arm with a pivot / joint in the center. This way the camera will maintain it's position and the mount will absorb some of the shock, rather then the camera and the footage.

[HeavyMetal]

camera sits on a well padded base at the top was my plan to dampen any kind of tight vibration..

i didnt draw the base very well, but its a flat piece that the cam sits on and the lexan mounts off of vertically

[Danksters]

The clamp is the easy part, I just need the materials. 1/2-16 or 5/8 coarse bolts will work just fine.

What I forsee being a problem is the way the camera is mounted to this system.

The camera will get all the shock from the metal platform, I don't know how well the camera can take the abuse if it is directly bolted (via tube) to the slider. How fast do you plan on going?

Every slight shake or vibration in the body will go directly to that camera. There needs to be a buffer area, a cushion, between the camera and the jeep unibody.

Here me out on this, but instead of having a solid piece of tube, we have shock absorbers, vehicle ones the size we need, soft ones, really really soft ones. If someone is going to be behind the camera regardless, you have a steady platform that can take a beating when the body is going over rough terrain. You suspension will take most of the shock, but with that non moving metal tube, it would be like clamping the camera directly to that rail and hope that it doesn't vibrate or break.

Even a steering stabilizer would work, something, have two of them and one solid arm with a pivot / joint in the center. This way the camera will maintain it's position and the mount will absorb some of the shock, rather then the camera and the footage.

I like where you're going with this, but we would need to find something much smaller than a vehicle application at the forces involved will be considerably less then those found in a suspension or steering system.

[Buffalo Phil]

Also, the 2" hole wouldn't be a problem, for a clamp like that you chuck the entire piece into the lathe and bore the hole with tool bits instead of drills. The bigger the hole, the easier, especially when making a clamp from a solid block.

Problem is with most of our projects is that there isn't a center and finding it with a 4 jaw chuck would take too much time.

[Buffalo Phil]

I like where you're going with this, but we would need to find something much smaller than a vehicle application at the forces involved will be considerably less then those found in a suspension or steering system.

I know, that's the problem. I don't know of any absorbers that can be compressed with the slightest effort that will extend back to full length.

But then again, I could make something on a smaller scale using coil springs...