[FARC] Mounting Hardware

[Phil Stalnaker]

Brian
Take a look at some of the flag pole mounts at Walmart or Ace Hardware.
One of them may work out and could be used vertical or Horizonal and most 
fasten to the wood trim of the house with wood screws.

Phil W3ICF


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian McEntire" <brian.mcentire at gmail.com>
To: "Frederick, Maryland ARC" <farc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:18 PM
Subject: [FARC] Mounting Hardware


> I'm working on a DIY project to read my home electric meter in real time
> and log the data. I've got a working prototype based off a Raspberry Pi
> computer (neat little gadget!)
>
> I'm looking to make it more robust and I need a mounting solution. I need
> to be able to mount a square tube or round pole to a wooden front porch
> support pole. It would run horizontal about 2'. That would be easy to do
> except I'd like to be able to fine tune the placement of the reader, so
> need to be able to adjust this mount/reader combo about 2 inches in each
> axis (X, Y, Z.)
>
> It seemed somewhat similar to mounting an antenna so I wanted to ask if
> anyone here had suggestions for the name of the type of mount I would be
> looking for or if you know a good store in the area where I might find 
> such
> a contraption.
>
> Thank you!
> Brian / KB3TCC
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