I will stick this in here,
Well to both of you, I got cabin fever so I went nuts. Im trying to get ready to go out West to Colorado after the thaw and I want it all!!!! Im mapping our off road park with the quad program and inserting video.
I modify everything I guess, race cars, sailboats,planes and vehicles or all kinds. I custom fabricate all kinds of widgets. I just built a nav station for my boat and installed radar and GPS map plotter, auto pilot and VHF. It is cold and wet here so Im working on my own stuff!
This is the easy way to tell you. I will just paste it.
Got this first
http://www.ram-mount.com/laptop_moun...aptop_desk.htm
Then I was going to remove lap and just use camera so I got all this next stuff to be tall enough without the original TOP post. They don't have a post long enough so I got the extension that clamps on two balls. ha ha
One mounts on the plate and the other mounts on the other end by clamping the ball and then a 1/4 20 screw sticks up for mounting a camera. It took hours to find it on their site.
Ram-VP-TTMF-12U RAM TELE-POLE BASE MALE W FLANGE 12"LONG $37.95
RAM-201-D /RAM DBL SOCKET ARM C BALL D LENGTH $28.02
Ram-202 / RAM2-1.2" DIA. BASE $10.36
RAM-202A RAM BALL BASE WITH 1/4-STST STUD $12.71
Now that I want to have both lap and camera the top socket arm could have been shorter or leave all of that off, two balls and socket arm and use a 1/4 20 bolt and nut directly to camera on top of the plate. I used one of the arms that came with the original set up to swing out for the camera. If that does not make sense I will try to answer any questions. I think my laptop does not like jiggling. This Toshiba has a setting to park the hardrive when it gets whacked and it keeps coming on at the 2 setting. Anyway the camera being close to the windshield and on wide angle only shows a little of the brush guard. If it was farther back it might get the mirror and dash which I did not want. Now of course instead of my old Hi-8 SVHS camcorder I want a new Sony that records 1080i to a 30 gig hard drive. It never ends.......................
My current camera is analog so its too slow to transfer while shooting.
I use DeLorme 3D quads and their streets and highways. I have Garmin Rec Lakes for the middle of the country. That the quick version of all that.
It's ok to have fun........