Sugru fixes and creates awesome stuff

The idea for the joby gorrillapod slider was an idea I actually saw at one of their exhibitions but it never became a reality so I decided to make my own. This coincided beautifully with the fact that I figured out how to make my phone take time lapse shots, so hopefully i can set this up on a tree, and set up my phone to capture the sunrise for me in case i miss it.

Anyway forming the joby gorrillapod slider was HORRENDOUS. The material is sticky enough, but once you start using your fingers and giving it a bit of body warmth it is insufferably sticky to your fingers. I struggled quite hard until I used the most primitive shaping technique, just jamming it in.

So i stick a glob of it on the back, bigger then it needs to be and then put a finger behind it to hold it into place. Then i aggressively just jam the gorrillapod over it. Turns out if the motion is fast enough it moulds the shape but doesnt stick to the gorillapod. So keeping it fast and rapid i kept at it until the shape was formed. semi-SUCCESS!

semi-SUCCESS because in all that yamming it wasn't exactly on the same plane and the tip is rounded and kinda allows the camera to roll and tilt and in addition start ripping the sugru mould off the back (yeah i was impatient as well didnt give it 24hrs to cure). So I broke out another packet and restarted the moulding process. A more precise motion led to a better shape and its cured for 12hrs so far and holds the camera like a trooper! now time to write the timelapse script for my phone =)

The black diamond headlamp broke its little hinge. I wonder if sugru holds up to drilling much, well will find out in a few hours.