fused
February 21st, 2007, 06:15 PM
Been thinking about building a camera enclosure designed for being in close proximity to a blast or other hazardous areas where debris would pose a problem. It's for LE only right now.
So far I'm going with 1/8" polycarb glass which is supposedly "250 times" stronger than glass. I think I also have 1/4" sheet as well. I plan on building a box out of wood and then pre-drilling holes in the polycarb and wood frame for screws, then installing the glass at a 40� angle and bolting it on. I'm hoping that this will deflect debris away and over the enclosure, rather than having a flat box that it just smacks into full force. After that I guess I'll drill in and add a nut for attaching to a tripod or stationary mount.
Any ideas on the construction? So far I haven't put anything together yet.
I had an incident before where my camcorder stopped recording, but it still managed to capture the action :D
So far I'm going with 1/8" polycarb glass which is supposedly "250 times" stronger than glass. I think I also have 1/4" sheet as well. I plan on building a box out of wood and then pre-drilling holes in the polycarb and wood frame for screws, then installing the glass at a 40� angle and bolting it on. I'm hoping that this will deflect debris away and over the enclosure, rather than having a flat box that it just smacks into full force. After that I guess I'll drill in and add a nut for attaching to a tripod or stationary mount.
Any ideas on the construction? So far I haven't put anything together yet.
I had an incident before where my camcorder stopped recording, but it still managed to capture the action :D