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2012
Custom1enterprises mini angle bracket review
We received a couple of these great little angle brackets and I began to
figure out just what I could do with them. First off I
made me a replacement mounting bracket for the 2012
Cuddeback Ambush camera which the factory supplied
bracket broke the first time out. I just took two metal
plates (steel or aluminum) the same dimensions as the
angle bracket, one which was 1/16th inch
thick and the other was 1/8th inch thick. The
thin plate had a 7/16th inch hole drilled in
the center line ¾ of an inch off the edge. I then marked
lines from the hole lengthwise on the plate at each edge
of the hole. I then took my hack saw and cut along the
lines and (very easy cut) this left a long slot in this
plate which was easy to clean up with a small file. The
1/8th inch plate got the same treatment with
a ¾ inch hole on center line ½ inch off the end. This
gave me two U shaped plates the same size as the angle
bracket and with the thin plate stacked on top of the
thick plate I placed these on the flat side of the angle
bracket. I clamped these three items together and using
the angle bracket as the template I drilled out four
corner holes in the two new plates to match the bracket
for 4 screws and nuts. These four holes in the bracket
are also exactly the right size to tap out to ¼ inch
thread if you choose to use some very short ¼ inch
screws and not use nuts. This worked out great and
should be a project for anyone who would ever think of
buying one of those cameras. Just take the supplied
flimsy plastic bracket and trash it.
Next I took a couple of the current mini cameras, one was a Moultrie and
the other was a Reconyx. Both cameras had inserts in the
back (Moultrie required a metric screw) and the Reconyx
took the standard ¼ inch bolt. This worked out great
also and seemed secure enough on the camera for normal
use.
Chuck from Custom one designed this bracket for those who now are
building the mini style home brew cameras and needed a
smaller bracket for this application. On all small
camera enclosures that have the flat back, this bracket
will work very well with the self adhesive industrial
Velcro. If you home brew builders choose not to drill
through your Pelican box enclosure use this method.
The possibilities for this tiny bracket are many if you can just dream
up yet another plate to marry up your favorite mini
camera to this great little angle bracket. I just
finished going through a short little review on Pat
Murphy’s Metal Art brackets (T Post) and this got me
thinking that a marriage between this bracket and maybe
one of his slide on brackets would also be a great setup
should someone find the need for that combination. In
the case with the Ambush camera above, the spring loaded
lid sticks out past the back of the camera which
requires that it be mounted a distance off the tree to
keep the lid closed and the water and trash out of the
camera. This bracket appears to be just the ticket to do
that. So, just a little thought and many of your aiming
problems can be solved with this bracket where camera
aim is critical. I will close this review for now unless
I dream up yet another needed application.
This concludes this report.
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