Home made handle for the GoPro HD Hero

I have been looking for a handle for the GoPro HD Hero 2 for a while now and just couldn't justify paying the $10+ for something so simple. I decided to take a few minutes and made one myself.

The parts list is fairly simple.

A short length of 1/2" PVC pipe.
A bicycle handlebar grip
A 1/2" PVC pipe cap.
A 1/4"x20 by 5/8" machine screw and nut
A GoPro tripod adapter

Simply fit the bicycle handlebar grip onto the 1/2" PVC pipe. See how far the end cap fits onto the exposed end of the PVC pipe. Cut the pipe to that length. Drill a 1/4" hole into the middle of the cap. Put a nut onto the 1/4"x20 machine screw. Screw the machine screw with nut into the end of the PVC cap until the threads come through the cap. Fit the cap onto the end of the grip. Screw the GoPro tripod adapter onto the end of the screw and attach the GoPro case! Simple!

It's much simpler to cut the PVC pipe if you have a $4 pipe cutter from Harbor Freight Tools. This inexpensive tools makes cutting PVC pipe fast and clean. I highly recommend it.

You can of course, make the pipe length anything you'd like. Here's one that's about 30" long.

The whole project took about 10 minutes to make and makes holding the GoPro much easier and steadier.