Gadgetory

if your smartphone is your primary camera then there are lots of good reasons to mount it to your tripod in order to do that you'll need a smartphone tripod mount which normally cost 30 bucks but today we're doing it ourselves for this project you'll need a few simple materials you'll need a smartphone case hardshell is best like this one a quarter-inch nut and l-shaped bracket some double-sided adhesive a wrench and finally some spray paint so the first thing we need to do is prep the l-shaped bracket first of all I want to give it a cleaner look but also I want it to match my iPhone case so I have some black spray paint and it's really as simple as putting on a coat of paint so let's do it okay that was pretty simple now all we need to do is let it dry for about 25 minutes and when we come back putting together the rest of the mount is really easy so our bracket is dry and now it's time to put that smartphone on our tripod so what we want is our double-sided adhesive I'll take one side off and stick it to one side of the l-shaped bracket this happens to be the perfect size for my bracket but if you need to just go ahead and trim it so that it's that nice clean look okay we'll take off the other side here and place it in the center of your iPhone case this looks about right just want to make sure it's sturdy next we'll bring in our phone slip it into the case so with our l-shaped bracket in place secured to our case the mount is pretty much done and you're ready to put it on your tripod so check out how simple it is I already have my quick release mount on the tripod so I'll take the l-shaped bracket put it over that screw then we'll grab our quarter-inch nut and secure it to the screw and you can hand tighten it but if you want a little bit more security just use a wrench give it a little twist that's perfect and our super cheap DIY tripod mount is done why don't we take it out for a test drive so there you have it a super simple and very useful mount for your tripod and by the way all of these materials they only cost me a few bucks at the local hardware store us for the smartphone case whatever you want to pay is up to you but you can find them for really affordable prices online if you have any questions or you want to show me how you tackled this project hit me up on Twitter and check out how to see Netcom for the written guide to this tutorial for Cena I'm sharing back then you