The tripod mount is attached to the plate. You can see the 3 other screws that mount directly to the projector.
a self-contained media cart, but right now a tripod for the projector and a folding TV dinner table for the Blu-Ray player works just fine. The nice thing about using a tripod is that you can make dramatic adjustment if necessary to compensate for uneven surfaces.
My Brookstone Pocket Projector has a quarter inch tripod receiver on the bottom, I thought this was standard and was surprised to find out that my Optoma HD141X wasn’t compatible with the standard mount on a tripod. Instead, my projector is designed to use with a ceiling projector mount. While there are converters for mounting a projector to tripods, they were quite expensive and more than I wanted to spend in the early days of my improved backyard theater, because that was money that could be spent on 3D glasses! So I decided to build my own mount!
I needed something thin to serve as the base of the mount. I tried to use some scrap composite
This is the top of the mount. You can see the cap bolt that connects the tripod mount, and the 3 other screws, with the bolts that provide spacing.
wood, but it was too thick. The part of the tripod that screws onto the mount is only about a ¼” tall, so I needed something thinner than that. I decided to use an old license plate that I had.
Step 1: I centered the license plate on the tripod and drilled a ¼” hole where the tripod will connect to the mount. I secured the tripod to the license plate using a ¼” cap bolt.
Step 2: I centered the projector and drilled holes in the 3 places where the projector traditionally mounts. I had to do some trial and error to find screws that would work with the projector. I slipped them through the license plate and secured them to the license plate with bolts. I used 2 bolts on each screw to ensure spacing for the cap bolt.
That’s it! It is just that easy.
When not in use, I tape the cap bolt to the license plate for safe-keeping. The license plate is a little flimsy, but holds the projector securely to the tripod mount and I can make any corrections I need to with the tripod.
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