I thought I'd share my mount I made for my palm pilot.

I used the closest thing to a peice of sheet metal I had. Whatever metal you use, make sure it is thin enough to fit between the center vents and dash. I'm not sure exactly what the peice I used is called, I know its for holding peices of wood together, but any sheet metal should work. I put it in a vise and bent it to a 90 degree angle.


Then I put a peice of velcro on it, and on the palm...



Next, slide the peice beneath the center vents.




Overall, it's a good sturdy mount, and I haven't had any problems with it falling off. It's an easy cheap way to hold the palm in you view when driving.

Easy and fast to make. Very nice.

(Autos Rock )

Thanks

Yep, automatic

Very cool, Ill have to try that out

EDIT: What size is the piece of metal that you used (length/width wise)?

The peice of metal was 2" x 5"...


Also, whatever peice you decide to use, make sure it's not too thick to fit between the vents

How is the velcro doing holding your palm driving? I was looking for ideas for my logger and this looks good.

It holds excellent. There is no way the palm is going to fall while driving... Make sure to use two strips of velcro. I'll put it this way, the bracket would sooner break then the palm falling off the velcro. If I want to take the palm off the bracket, I have to take it out of the vents and tear them apart.

mini zilo said:

The peice of metal was 2" x 5"...


Also, whatever peice you decide to use, make sure it's not too thick to fit between the vents

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Will do, thanks alot!

TunedDSM, If you make one, post some pics of the outcome!

Looks good I did something similar with mine. Altho when it started to get warm and sunny outside and the heat built up inside the car, the adhesive on the velcro started to melt.... Let us know if you have the same problem. Maybe the velcro that I was using was too cheap.

So simple and useful , great job. Thanks

mini zilo said:

Thanks

Yep, automatic

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to a DSM in the Midwest that runs!

And yes, autos do rock!!
(AWD autos anyway )

Haha ya, GSX auto!

I was just wondering, did anyone try this? If so, post some pictures of your mount...

mini zilo said:

I was just wondering, did anyone try this? If so, post some pictures of your mount...

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I did the exact same thing awhile back, works great.....ill try and get pics

Looks good.

whiteflash said:

I did the exact same thing awhile back, works great.....ill try and get pics

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Cool, I'm looking forward to the pics!

what data-logging software are you running on your palm?

Got mine done with a little modification:





And yes that is the cradle it's sitting in. I went to crappy tire and bought a cheep power inverter so i could have constant power and be able to log at the same time. The battery was getting really bad, to the point where i only had 20min of life.

Very cool, it's cool to see other people trying it out....Any others?

mini zilo said:

Very cool, it's cool to see other people trying it out....Any others?

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as promised

So today is the day where I quit being lazy and actually hard mount my datalogger somewhere, instead of just letting it sit in the cup holder.

My question is this... Does anybody have any suggestions on good mounting options?

Keep in mind that I have no center vents because of this thing:


Shoot me any ideas, and pics would be great.

Check out this link, this is what I plan on doing with my datalogger in my 2g

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=251029

-TunedDSM- said:

Check out this link, this is what I plan on doing with my datalogger in my 2g

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=251029

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^^^That's how i did mine, my pics are at the bottom of the page.