Yesterday, I made my GoPro camera mount for the utility rail. I used the fittings I have shown here:
The photographs are partially a bit unsharp as it was already getting dark when I mounted them.
The materials you need: Two fittings, a RAM 9/16" ball joint arm and a 9/16" ball base.
The 9/16" is called the 'A' size ball, as opposed to the 'B' size which has a diameter of 1" and the 'C' size which is even larger.
Whats missing here are the two M6 nyloc nuts and their washers. The GoPro Adapter for the Gopro is on the next image.
If you look for such RAM accessories you will somtimes wonder about the prices. The 9/16" arm below is e.g. offered for 68€ in some shops
, but you can get it way cheaper, I paid 18€ here and bought the 9/16" base there as well:
www.air-store.eu
As you can see, the mounting holes for the base are too small for the M8 bolts of the fittings. So I turned the bolts down to 5.8 mm on the top ...
... and cut an M6 thread on them. The VA material is quite tough and you have to be careful not to ruin the bolts or the tap and die. Cutting oil is compulsory.
The holes in the base are a bit too small. So I drilled them to 6.5 mm which still leaves enough material around them.
The holes of the original RAM base are drilled to AMPS standard grid and have thus a distance of ca. 48 mm. This is almost exactly the grid of the airline rails which is 25mm and thus 50mm for my needs.
As the fittings have a bit of play before tightening and as I have drilled the base holes to 6.5 mm, everything fits perfectly after mounting:
I should have made the M6 threads a tad longer, but it's still ok:
That's the RAM 9/16" arm with the GoPro adapter. If have taken it from a chinese assembly which is too flimsy for a serious GoPro mount, but the part from the assembly which I'm using here doesn't have any joints and is thus quite sturdy in this application.
A first view on the mount without camera. You can tilt the arm in any direction.
The photographs are partially a bit unsharp as it was already getting dark when I mounted them.
The materials you need: Two fittings, a RAM 9/16" ball joint arm and a 9/16" ball base.
The 9/16" is called the 'A' size ball, as opposed to the 'B' size which has a diameter of 1" and the 'C' size which is even larger.
Whats missing here are the two M6 nyloc nuts and their washers. The GoPro Adapter for the Gopro is on the next image.
If you look for such RAM accessories you will somtimes wonder about the prices. The 9/16" arm below is e.g. offered for 68€ in some shops
, but you can get it way cheaper, I paid 18€ here and bought the 9/16" base there as well:
RAM Mount Verbinder - 85mm 9/16 Zoll (A) Kugel
As you can see, the mounting holes for the base are too small for the M8 bolts of the fittings. So I turned the bolts down to 5.8 mm on the top ...
... and cut an M6 thread on them. The VA material is quite tough and you have to be careful not to ruin the bolts or the tap and die. Cutting oil is compulsory.
The holes in the base are a bit too small. So I drilled them to 6.5 mm which still leaves enough material around them.
The holes of the original RAM base are drilled to AMPS standard grid and have thus a distance of ca. 48 mm. This is almost exactly the grid of the airline rails which is 25mm and thus 50mm for my needs.
As the fittings have a bit of play before tightening and as I have drilled the base holes to 6.5 mm, everything fits perfectly after mounting:
I should have made the M6 threads a tad longer, but it's still ok:
That's the RAM 9/16" arm with the GoPro adapter. If have taken it from a chinese assembly which is too flimsy for a serious GoPro mount, but the part from the assembly which I'm using here doesn't have any joints and is thus quite sturdy in this application.
A first view on the mount without camera. You can tilt the arm in any direction.
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