New TrackIR mount
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So, fed up with the second mount I purchased for my trackIR 5 not matching my monitor, and having to deal with the consequent flapping and flopping all over the place I asked my buddy (who is a PhD in mechatronics engineering and builds and prototypes all kinds of cool things, including stuff for spacecraft) to come up with something.
Ooh boy did he deliver. Tis a thing of beauty. Rock solid, adjustable, and fits on just about anything. Tried it out on BMS today and man do I owe him a beer! Would upload an image but can’t figure out how to do it!
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If you have a pic on your PC: screen grab it (winkey + shift + S); and just paste it here into a new comment
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That worked! Thanks!
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@Grumble Wow, that’s a lovely pro-looking piece of kit!!
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@CriticalMass It’s REALLY nice and very adjustable. Made of steel and engineering plastic too so way better quality than… almost anything else I own! Told him we should sell them!
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@Grumble I’ll buy one when you can make them available. I had to tape the damn thing to the top of my widescreen for the same reason.
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If you guys are serious, get enough people together and we’ll do a run of them. I’m loathe to ask my mate to make them himself but we have the engineering designs, the working prototype (mine!), and the contacts to get them made for us. Dunno pricing though. Given where I live and our contacts I can probably get them made at a reasonable cost if we can do a bulk run. This isn’t 3D printed… it’s CCD milled (mate designed, built, and coded his own mill…)
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I’d probably be up for one as well, provided it will also fit the ps / eye cam I use with Opentrack and that shipping won’t be from the UK (since Brexit it’s a bloody nightmare to receive even “gifted items” from there as they tend to get stuck in customs for weeks
Right now I’m using some velcro to mount the ps/eye on the top of my 42" tv, so some adjustability would be really nice. Great job folks!
Uwe
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@Grumble Will it work with this one?
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In case this holder does not fit a PS3 camera, you can get a PS3 camera holder from Delanclip for a reasonable amount:
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@Grumble Apologies…not intending to derail your thread…just helping out a friend and anyone needing a PS3 camera solution. Your TrackIR mount looks incredible!
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Hi guys,
Surprised by all the interest, although perhaps not, given the shoddy mounts that Naturalpoint supplies!
As it stands, I THINK this will only fit the TrackIR 4 and 5, since the mounting for the camera itself isn’t a clamp, but a screw in fitting with four screws that hold if firmly in place: this means that there is zero unwanted movement of the camera itself once fitted.
As far as manufacturing goes, I would probably get it made in China and shipped directly from there, or delivered to me here in Japan (where I’ve been living for the past 30 years), from where I’d ship it onward. Shipping to Japan is very cheap so I don’t think that would add to the costs much. We would need to get quite a few people together to make it worthwhile.
Actually he’s making some desk mounts for my HOTAS right now, so I’ll post some pics of those when he’s done too! I’m simply amazed at the difference between the stuff he makes and the build quality of the commercial stuff I’ve bought over the years–this is way better.
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@Grumble I just bought a new TrackIR 5 to replace the TrackIR 3, put me on the list for a mount when you get enough customers if you like.
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Hmm. Depending on volume it might be better for me to just walk down the road and and find engineering firms (not like there is a shortage of them in Japan!!). We’ll see. If 20 people front up and say they one I’ll start looking… so if you want one, spread the word!!
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@Grumble Thanks, I guess we could use this thread to see the number of those interested.