GoPro SteadiCam Gimbal for Kayak

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I'Ve Gotten A Lot Of Questions About How To Mount And Use This Piece, So I'Ll Tell You What I Did For My Needs. I Used A 5/16 Inch (Freedom Units) Tap To Create Threads In The Bottom Hole If The Center Part Of The Gimbal. A Comparable Metric Tap Should Work. I Put A Bit Of Plumber'S Thread Tape On A Foot-Long 5/16" Threaded Rod And Screwed That Into The Tapped Hole. I Then Used Two Nuts And Two Lock Washers To Secure An Entire Package Of Large Washers Onto The Rod For A Counterweight (A Big Thanks To The Open Source Telescope Community For That Idea!). As For Mounting It On My Boat, I Use Two Different Solutions. On My Rotomolded Sit-On-Top, I Use A Scotty #135 Portable Camera/Compass Mount Attached To A Scotty #429 Extended Gear Head Adapter Seated In A Scotty #344-Bk Round Flush Deck Mounting Bracket. For My Thermoformed Sit-Inside Boat, I Use A Delkin Fat Gecko Mount With An Extender Rod. Combine The Gimbal Pieces With Vikingscientist'S Helm-Cam Selfie Arm (Https://Www.Thingiverse.Com/Thing:233185) Or A Comparable Gopro Arm And Create A Waterproof Steadicam That Doesn'T Need Its Own Set Of Batteries. This Is More Of An Assembly/Adaptation Job Than An Original Creation. My Big Contribution Here Is An Obtuse Butchering Of Foucteau'S Gimbal Center: Https://Www.Thingiverse.Com/Thing:1854908 I Filled In The Center Using Tinkercad, Slapped Ghir0'S Convenient Gopro Mount On Top Of It Like A Lego Brick, And Put A Hole In The Bottom For A 5/16Ths Threaded Rod. The V2 Gimbal Center Has Been Updated With A Smaller Diameter Hole For The Threaded Rod And A Raised Gopro Mount To Give The Camera More Movement Clearance. Also, A Big Thanks To Flahut59, Who Re-Sized The Bearing Holes On Fouctou’S Original Gimbal Design, So We No Longer Have To Crack That Piece When Assembling The Parts. Tinkercad File For Center: Https://Www.Tinkercad.Com/Things/6Ecg42Xjsma-Gopro-Gimbal-Center

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