ARC4 Accessories (cheap and easy)

...Just trying to consolidate all my stupid ideas...

A few days ago after spending a wasted hour on Google looking for a workable tripod mount for the ARC4, I designed and posted this idea for Darell in the ARC4 tailguard thread.
Once my brain kicked in, I guess I had a hard time turning it off.

Yes it's sort of a pathetic joke to be putting these really cheap home made accessories on such a killer and expensive light, but I figure if you paid $180.00 for the ARC4, you might not have much change left over for accessories, so until you scrounge up the cash to buy the real things, or if the real thing just doesn't exist, I submit to you these ideas for amusement/inspiration...
Hopefully some other folks will join in.

Here's the pic that started it all...



This allows you to use one of the ARC4's clip screw holes to attach the light to a tripod.

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This was brought up in the same thread, and will work as an extra and complete physical lock out with the new tailcap design due out in April.

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This is a mod of the above design that works with the standard tailcap
Pen Cap idea provided by Mike, aka Lightbright, who says the pencap has enough friction to stay on by itself.
I just like overkill I guess... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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I got the inspiration for this night-vision cap from a "how to make your own 3-D glasses website...

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Here's a quick clip-on bi-pod for two bucks from K-Mart..
bi-pod Clip

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Too much coding? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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he's finally gone off the deep end! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

great stuff! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Wow, just think what jpeg could do if his ideas weren't limited by just using soda bottles and caps! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hahaha.gif

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Nifty little drawings! How did you do that?

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MY: They cancled the electronics program the year before I got into high school, otherwise, I'm pretty sure I would have taken over the world by now... Mwhahahahaaaa

bwcaw: Thanks man, I used to do graphics design for a living, so I just whipped them up in illustrator.

If anyone has any more stupid (or not so stupid) ideas, I'll be happy to illustrate them for ya. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif