How to make a smartphone tripod mount | Homemade camera gear #1

Here is how you can make a really reliable tripod mount for your smartphone. I've used it for all the videos I made so far, it doesn't take long to make and if you use scrap wood and/or recycled material, it costs nothing whatsoever.
Here are all the dimensions:
back plate: 85x60mm 8mm thick (length depends on the width of the phone)
lower jaw: 15x60mm 12.5mm thickness (mind the ridge of 0.5mm)
base (the part without name): 10x60x20.5mm
upper jaw: 20x60x20.5mm
grooves for the phone: 5mm deep 12mm wide
You can easily adapt this phone holder to fit a commercial tripod by replacing the 6mm bolt sticking out of the base with a 1/4" threaded insert.
Sorry for the slightly out of sync audio, I had issues with my video editor and had to render it three times.
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[@ChronicMechatronic]

Big thanks to my sister for lending me her phone for demonstration (mine was kind of stuck on the tripod the whole time)

[@humacao01]

I really like how passionate you are, this was a cool idea.

[@omgykkyb1234]

Thanks for this one king!

[@amppower]

Thanks. I will try too👍

[@electricbook2829]

Thank you for sharing

[@moonlightsnowfall6734]

That was helpful, thanks!

[@monggieq4824]

Worth watching. Continue to dream big brother

[@akmedianewstaml7672]

Exhalant work

[@jetgetyou6871]

Keep Going Nice!

[@ibrahimwooddesign8236]

its amazing i really like💞💞👍

[@ChronicMechatronic]

Thanks! It's one of these things you build once and they serve you for years.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

2:47 ... "Woops!" Geez, woops is right!

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

To add: your tripod mount is great... I adapted it for my Samsung tablet!

[@ChronicMechatronic]

Great! It'll probably outlive most of the plastic crap out there, I'm still using mine every day :)

[@diygeneration5566]

Hi. Good video. You've got a nice set of tools. Eventually I want to make one myself. I have some ideas on my channel that might interest you.

[@ChronicMechatronic]

Thanks

[@diygeneration5566]

​@@ChronicMechatronic I offer to cooperate, I can place links to your videos in my end screens, cards or playlists, if you do the same, but with my videos. In colaboration develop channels better. What do you think of this offer?

[@iveedd]

Just subscribed fan from Phillipines

[@ChronicMechatronic]

Thanks! 😃

[@joetkeshub]

Hi Benjamin! awesome post! Did you inherit your grandpa's workshop?

[@ChronicMechatronic]

Hi! Sorry for not answering your other comments (yet) I'm pretty busy editing atm :) No, the workshop grew out of the necessity after I started making stuff out wood at around age 7 or 8 after my mom gave me a small tool kit; I spent most of my teenage years piece by piece putting it together in that basement room of my parent's house 😅 Funnily enough I never planned on creating a YT channel till the beginning of 2020 where workshop was already pretty much as it is now, with perfect studio lighting and everything!

[@joetkeshub]

@@ChronicMechatronic Hi! Don't be sorry, I really don't want to waste your time, there's no emergency to answer my comments. I'm just amazed by your explanation. I did think someone in your family was a professional or hobbyist in wood working. Congratulation! I don't know people around me who built piece by piece a workshop like you did. Amazing. It's an enviable workshop indeed. Thank you for taking your time to answer Benjamin.

[@ruffsidepromo5427]

can u send me one of those please am in jamaica

[@NtuthukoLangasiki-vp2nj]

Can I have one of those

[@kikodiy896]

Done sub

[@ChronicMechatronic]

thanks ;)

[@user-xz6kf9zy6l]

😮

[@Swiftey-wu2qq]

Watching you put your fingers so close to a router blade reminds me of when I was 11, and my dad took his thumb off...

[@ChronicMechatronic]

Eww... I know I'm not a poster child for safe tool use, but I generally always make sure I don't slide into the blade should I slip. Push sticks aren't always safer in that regard

[@Swiftey-wu2qq]

@@ChronicMechatronic yeah he didnt, had to sit in A and E for 6 hours whilst they reattached it lol

[@ChronicMechatronic]

@@Swiftey-wu2qq was he okay afterward? How much permanent damage was done?

[@Swiftey-wu2qq]

@@ChronicMechatronic yeah after a few weeks he regained feeling but the tip is still numb and he can't bend it fully anymore, he also grows two seperate nails now because it ground the tip up abit

[@ChronicMechatronic]

@@Swiftey-wu2qq guess he was still luckily... I'll try to keep my hands intact

[@ThatOneOddGuy]

So just put it in a drill vise

[@anggorotriatmojo1200]

Dude Use screw to join the 2 woods, i do not trust glue that much

[@ChronicMechatronic]

LOL... I trust glue more than screws - wouldn't hesitate to stick an iPhone 12 in there, if I had one. Obviously depends on the glue you use... But I've been using this smartphone holder to film every single vid so far, and I've never had any concerns.

[@ChronicMechatronic]

Thx for commenting btw

[@nowme8035]

if i had money to buy these too expensive tools so i will not make mobile holder. I buy this cheap holder from the market

[@ChronicMechatronic]

Well, the video was intended for those with access to at least moderate woodworking facilities

[@godloveschris4314]

Nice wood work👍You look like my idol jordi el nino😅

[@AK-be6gz]

Omg. What kind voice is that?