How To bulid a quick-release GoPro tripod Mount (Inexpensive nearly free!) HD Hero Hero2

The GoPro HD Hero (Helmet series) kit that I bought a few years ago did NOT come with a tripod mount. So, instead of shelling out another $10 or so for GoPro's tripod mount, I made one myself using some scrap aluminum I had laying around the shop and one of the extra stick on mounts (one with a flat base) that came with the GoPro HD Hero kit.

This video is just a quick video on how I made my mount.

As it has turned out, the great thing about utilizing the GoPro quick release bracket as a tripod mount is that you can pull the camera off of your helmet, put it on the tripod, and then put it back on the helmet without losing your camera angle on the helmet mount. With GoPro's tripod mount you need to unscrew your GoPro from the helmet mount, and then screw it onto the tripod mount. My mount is a lot quicker to deal with and you won't lose the mounting angle on your helmet mount switching back and forth.

-WheeliePete

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[Redtale1106]

nice job but its the cheapest mount out there 8 bucks.....your time is worth money too!

[WheeliePete]

@Redtale1106 True, but the GoPro mount forces you to take the GoPro off the mount you had it on, losing your angle of mounting and potentially losing that little acorn nut. I found that I was doing a lot of helmet cam and then tripod and then back to helmet, so the quick release tripod mount comes in handy for me when I'm switching back and forth and don't want to lose that angle I had set on my helmet (or go thorugh the hassle of unscrewing it a bunch of times.)

[FredrickVegas]

Great idea, thanks!

[WOOOWOWOful]

nice job! i love it!!!

[lapd1989]

U always up to something, thats kool bro!