Okay, so I didn't actually fab anything. But I did paint it!

Had my Toshiba Gigabeat mounted in front of the 4WD shift lever. Only problem is, I couldn't see the screen. So, I picked up a couple things from Homeless Depot and made a Gigamount.




The whole write-up is here:
http://www.haveblueonline.com/sound/Sound.html

 

ghetto-licious!












looks good to me, alan

bob

 

Is that Velcro?

 

I prefer to call it "anti-moment reverse shims"

anyway, it looks good, can you still get a cd in and out? even though im guessing that is not a concern with the player... mine i mounted in one of those cupholder thingies, and broadcasts FM, but i still enjoy a cleaner sounding cd once in a while

 

That would be Velcro. I need to be able to remove the cradle to use it in the house on the big stereo.

If you have any suggestions on how else to keep it on the mount, I'm all ears. I've been trying to think of alternatives to Velco, too.

 

ahh.. just saw that my cupholder is not on the dash as yours is either

velcro is good... unless you got a bolt and a wing nut or something... magnets are probably a bad idea too... i spring type set of four small notched pegs could be attached to the bottom of the player, with four holes in the bracket, but thats a lot of fabrication (kinda like the system used on the bands of metal watches... if you look closely there is a small peg that is grabbed by two arms)

 

Oh yeah. alan, i mounted my old streetpilot gps on the slide out cupholder before. worked very well, but might be a little too wobbly for your ipod

bob

 

DO NOT use magnets, They should never be used anywhere near a mp3 player or a computer because the risk to the hard drive. In fact many manufacturers reccomend keeping them away from the subwoofers too as they have the larger magnets.

 

Reminds me of the time someone used magnets to hold up floppy disks on a wall in a cubicle and was wondering all the time about why his data kept disappearing from them.

 

I might use this idea when I get XM/Sirius. Looks good.`