I drilled a hole in my Nook!

[Renate NST]

I took the back off the Nook and disconnected the battery.
I removed the tape on the battery on three sides
I drilled a hole.
I chamfered the inside edges
I glued a round 1/4-20 T nut in the hole using JB Weld epoxy.
I used a bolt and an old plastic lid with a hole in it to pull it tight for drying.
I reassembled the Nook.
The next morning I removed the bolt.

Now I have a Nook that mounts on those little bendy camera tripods.
I can also just stick in a 1/4-20 2.5" bolt as a leg.
I'm going to get an accessory arm so that I can put it on my mic stand.

 

[VitaZora]

Nice!

 

[Googie2149]

Best topic name ever xD

 

[brendan10211]

For lyrics or podcasting?

 

[speedman2202]

wooow


but will u add mic on this whole???

r u in hardware cracking staff


outstanding

 

[Renate NST]

Besides reading books, I use my Nook for display of my guitar transcriptions with lyrics and for recording 24 bit audio.

I don't use a builtin mic, I use a Shure SM58 (standard stage mic) and a Lexicon Alpha USB interface.
Getting it to work is all part of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457971

I haven't really ported my guitar transcription display program over to Android yet as it's actually quite complicated.
I format songs as PNGs on my desktop and then have a simple program on the Nook that can scroll them.
I have a database front-end for looking up songs that's actually more convenient than anything that I have on my desktop.

 

[speedman2202]

Besides reading books, I use my Nook for display of my guitar transcriptions with lyrics and for recording 24 bit audio.

I don't use a builtin mic, I use a Shure SM58 (standard stage mic) and a Lexicon Alpha USB interface.
Getting it to work is all part of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457971

I haven't really ported my guitar transcription display program over to Android yet as it's actually quite complicated.
I format songs as PNGs on my desktop and then have a simple program on the Nook that can scroll them.
I have a database front-end for looking up songs that's actually more convenient than anything that I have on my desktop.

so .... ummmm....... what the point of drilled a hole in ur nook? ...

 

[Renate NST]

so .... ummmm....... what the point of drilled a hole in ur nook? ...

The point is so that I can use a camera mini-tripod to hold the Nook so that I can read it without holding it.

 

[xboxexpert]

The point is so that I can use a camera mini-tripod to hold the Nook so that I can read it without holding it.

Check mine out

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1602093

 

[Renate NST]

Here's a few photos of a desk mic stand that I am using with a home-built adapter.

 

[mrWax]

price

Here's a few photos of a desk mic stand that I am using with a home-built adapter.

how much is this pod?

 

[Renate NST]

When I bought the stand it was $8 US.
The price seems to have creeped up to $12 in only a week.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PAW6EG/
The photo shows the wrong length gooseneck, mine is 8", 20 cm long.

 

[dark_hawk]

Nice.

 

[mateorod]

The link trail from the USB kernel mods has been quite a trip.

What a cool and interesting thing you have done. Very very nice.

They were throwing this device in with purchases of the Color not too long ago. Sometimes the most interesting times for a device is when the manufacturer moves on.

 

[_ig_]

...
What a cool and interesting thing you have done. Very very nice.

second that

Renate, you may have a market if you could package the round 1/4-20 T nut into a generic back cover for the nook (to look just like this for the iphone http://goo.gl/noOBd )...

 

[_ig_]

Renate do you think one of these http://www.millennium-music.co.uk/mic-spring-clip-holder-mp850 would be enough to hold the nook with that base you got from amazon? many thanks

 

[Renate NST]

The problem with clips is that they are always a bit awkward and slippery.

I think that the 1/4" insert is perfect.
It's minimal but is sufficient for a solid mount.
It doesn't really get in the way of slip-on cases or holding it in your hand.

I used the mic clip that cam with the desk stand.
I threw away the clip part and sawed off the two lugs on the base.
I drilled a whole through the center of the base and screwed in a 1/4" bolt.

In bed I use a little bendy tripod.
I usually use it as a single foot with the base of the Nook resting on a surface.

 

[_ig_]

as I don't have a drill, here is my plan... this http://goo.gl/0VXbX glued to the back of this http://goo.gl/HupQE and screwed to the base you have http://goo.gl/i9ztI... wish me luck

 

[Renate NST]

Yup, that should work pretty well.
That will give you a nice solid mount.

I hadn't known about that hard back at the time.
I had thought about bending up a little aluminum tray.

You'll forgive me if I still prefer my little internal 1/4" mount.

 

[litvinov]

Could this method be used to install nook on bicycle ? Or maybe somebody know better bicycle fixing mechanism?