I found this in a dumpster. It works but it has no mounting bracket.
Does anyone have some ideas on how to mount it ?
Thanks.
Can't find any alternates for what B&H call their "Ajustable Base". Just some images to give you some ideas.
Apparently Rona still sells the units. Maybe ask them if they sell spare parts, or something that could replace the base?
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I started working on this before I read your post.
I am now trying to figure out how to mount the camera to the dowel.
One idea would be to take a block of solid wood remnant (trash bin at lumber store), not plywood but something like maple or oak,
- then use a drill, or chisel, to cut a cylindrical hole deep enough to the full ball to be in the "pocket",
- then, from the external flat side at the opposite the cylinder, drill a hole the big enough to allow the shaft of your camera
- then cut the block in half
- then place the two halves to hold the ball on the camera shaft against another wood surface,
- then bolt the arrangement together.
If you size the depth of the hole in the block correctly, you would be able to use clamping presure to adjust the alignment of the lamp. Otherwise, you would need to put a wedge under the mounting plate in order to give it an inclination/orientation towards where you want to aim the lamp.
Home that helps.
If you throw elegance out the window, you could always consider duct taping the lamp shaft to your dowel, but I would strongly recommend you keep your distance from mounting plate to the light's mounting shaft as short as possible, if not in direct contact.
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It helped. Here is what I so far.
The original Gorilla glue is best.
It requires a small amount of water to speed the setting of the glue.
I sometimes use spit.
The second picture is letting the glue set overnight.
if that ball shaft is made of plastic, I think you should seriously consider bying a pipe clamp and tighten that to avoid having that ball crack and your light falling on the ground, rocks or concrete!
Make sure you have the spirals all the way around, not just partial, because those will give some "gripping" to prevent the clamp from sliding off the ball. Once the clamp is tight, that will reinforce the shaft and minimize cracking from weight load stress on the weakened shaft that you put the screw into.
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Actually, on both the ball and the dowel.
I think I am ready to mount this.
I will be painting it white.
And use wood glue and a a 'mini-dowel" to go thru the larger dowel into
the wood mounting plate.
Here is where I will mount it.
It gets really dark out here. No city lights.
I will not need the masonry screws. I think some self-drilling
zinc anchor screws will do nicely.
Any ideas on where to mount it?
