Homemade Camera Zip Line How-To

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I’m going on a backpacking trip tomorrow for about 5 days and wanted to take my old zip line with me but it wasn’t in good shape after 3yrs of use. So I decided to make a new one and see if I could improve it. The old one had plastic wheels and a plastic mounting block which didn’t hold up over time. This new one is all metal 🙂

First I went to Lowe’s hardware store and but some materials. I spent about $8 total I think.

A standard camera mount screw is 1/4 – 20. So I got a machine screw that size and 1 inch long, a lock nut, and a 1 inch washer. I also got a pack of replacement wheels for screen doors. (Don’t cheap out on the wheels!)

Brought it home and gathered my tools needed. I used a 1/4 inch drill bit, cordless drill, and a 7/16 wrench, plus deep well 7/16 socket/ratchet. The head of bolt and nut are 7/16th but the thread is 1/4…

I drilled the holes in the wheel mounts to allow the bolt to fit through them. Next I bolted it altogether with the washer and lock nut…

Now I got an unused camera mount and removed the thumb wheel tensioner from it to use with the zip line and added it…

Now add the cordage and slightly bend the wheels upwards away from the washer in the center. This keeps the cordage from rubbing the device…

Attach what ever cameras you have now. Remember to use a camera that you can rotate the image upside down so it records right side up 😉 Or you will need software to do so when editing…

Now it’s off to the yard to try it out!

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i really love DIY posts! this is really helpful and easy to follow! and all this cost you like $8 in total? cool! thanks for sharing this with us by the way!

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thanks. i didnt include cost of cordage. you can possibly make it cheaper too if you shop around for the wheels. glad you liked it :)

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Great way to spy on the neighbors haha :P

Hey man welcome back, long time no see (Lethal here)

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lol... thanks for stopping by. i am leaving tomorrow morning for a 6 day backpacking trip. i will be sure to post a few blogs here about it when i get back.

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thanks :) glad you liked it...

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i clicked your link and followed directions but keep getting error message.

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The blockchain had some issue 2 days ago.
Try it again and let me know if any issue.

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What a good idea and great execution! I love DYI's! It's much cheaper and you can talk about it :) How cool!

Thank you for sharing and have a great day!

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