Nathan Doty
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I know I'm not the first, but its my first built piece of gear. I have a trip coming up and my cameras are... crap. So I picked up a gopro as a step up. And I wanted a little more steady of a shot so it's platform time. I made the rig mainly from maybe $3 of pvc fittings. The actual gopro platform though is made out of delrin, waaaaaaay overkill especially the thickness but I have some from building a cnc machine years ago so it was free and will never rot. I wouldn't suggest using it if you don't have it, according to some vendor calculators you can buy a platform for what that little piece costs. $50 for a 2"x3"x1" chunk. I don't recall what we paid for the big sheet but I don't recall it being priced out like gold. I haven't put it in the water yet so I'm not sure how buoyant it is. The pvc is sealed and should float but the delrin is really dense so we'll see.
And I made the spiral lanyard as well, so short of pouring my own plastic this is as diy as I can make it!
And I made the spiral lanyard as well, so short of pouring my own plastic this is as diy as I can make it!
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