DIY Tablet Mount, cheap and simple

Hello,

TLDR; simple mount that I've never seen any one do, it's cheap and easy.

Seen a TON of DIY mounts that people have made. Lots of good stuff out there, haven't seen one like mine yet (if i copied you sorry) I was pretty picky about mine and didn't want to use any tape so I came up with this.

Gonna give a simple break down. Basically revolves around a 1in ball mount. I got one on Amazon for $11. I also had some scrap aluminum and a few nuts/bolts. I Basically made it for $11 plus scrap/misc junk. If you price it out completely you're probably looking at like $20. Not bad considering most people want around $50-$120 for their mounts. All you need is simple tools.

So to start, yank the plastic trim around the display off, just pull and it comes off. Then center up your ball mount. Mine was a little too wide so I filed it down about an 1/8th inch each side so it fit the width of the flat plastic behind the gun metal trim. Drill your two holes for that. Then hold up your aluminum peice or what ever you decide to use. Doesn't need to be aluminum you can use scrap plastic or something, the idea here is to spread the load across more area, like a giant washer. Drill those holes. Then I went about 2.5 inches out and drilled two more holes, one each side, through the plastic and aluminum. One thing of note, the plastic trim peice does taper off a bit so you may need to file one edge of your aluminum to fit. Your backing peice need to be shorter than the black trim or it won't fit. I added some M5 nuts/bolts I had plus they're black so it completes the look. I also sprayed some paint on the ball mount where I filed so it'd blend in. And you're done. That's it. It's super sturdy doesn't look ugly, no tape that'll get all slimy and fall off while you're in MOAB. She's perfect!!!


The Final Product W/O mount


The Final Product W/mount


Here you can see the two aluminum bits along with the 4 nuts/bolts


Top view of full assembly


Here you can see that i needed to grind down the 1in ball to get it to fit right.

Trying to figure out how to add photos, so stay tuned! EDIT: figured it out...