Topic: Shock mount for under your T-bar...

[John Willett]

And on John's Rycote suggestion, would a 1/4" to 3/8" adapter work, so you can attach a standard female 3/8" thread? I am assuming there are such things?

Regards, Christine

I don't understand the question about a 1/4" to 3/8" adaptor???

The Rycote comes as standard with a female 3/8" standard thread - 1/4" doesn't come into it at all.

I think Rycote supplies a 3/8" to 5.8" adaptor as standard so you can fit it to stands with that horrible US thread (horrible because the 5/8" thread is so fine that it's easy to stick and bind).

[connloyalist]

I don't understand the question about a 1/4" to 3/8" adaptor???

The Rycote comes as standard with a female 3/8" standard thread - 1/4" doesn't come into it at all.

I think Rycote supplies a 3/8" to 5.8" adaptor as standard so you can fit it to stands with that horrible US thread (horrible because the 5/8" thread is so fine that it's easy to stick and bind).

I might be misunderstanding Rycote's specs, but as I read it they are saying:

"Male thread: 1/4" Whitworth
Female thread (brass): 3/8" UNC"

In other words, I am assuming that the male screw on top of the Rycote is 1/4" and the bottom/female is 3/8". So it will certainly fit on top of a standard stand with a 3/8" male thread, but the T-bar that needs to fit onto the Rycote has a 3/8" female thread, while the Rycote apparently has a 1/4" male thread. Hence my question about fitting a bar onto it with a 3/8" female attachment.

My DR-100mkii has a female 1/4" thread on the bottom, and since this Rycote is designed to fit a recorder like that on top of, for example, a boom pole, it makes sense that the male screw on top of the Rycote is 1/4".

Regards, Christine

[Gutbucket]

That's correct Christine.  It's a 1/4"-20 male thread on top, the camera-mount standard which recorders have adopted as well.

And yes female 1/4" to male 3/8" adapters exists, will fit and should work.  The adapter will lift the attachment point by the height of the adapter, so the red rubberized upper surface of the Rycote PRS will no longer contact whatever you screw the adapter into.

[flipp]

"Male thread: 1/4" Whitworth
Female thread (brass): 3/8" UNC"

Whitworth and UNC are two different standards and for the most part, are not compatable. When I worked in an auto shop I hated seeing British cars come in as they were the only time I encountered Whitworth threading as all my tools were not a good match. Some could be used but they weren't a proper fit. See Wikipedia's British Standard Whitworth page and the "see also" section for more specifics of other thread standards.

[Gutbucket]

Correct.

However, UNC 1/4-20 is compatible with 1/4" Whitworth in this case.

[waltmon]

I'm curious myself.  I'm half considering getting a pair as well. I'm trying the INV recorder shock under my multi Tbar tonite...I'll post a pic

[waltmon]

This is the new mount with the 12" followingbob bar attached with the 2 Neumann mic clips.

[jbosco]

This is the new mount with the 12" followingbob bar attached with the 2 Neumann mic clips.

That's nice!!

[waltmon]

It works nicely. It's actually supposed to be heavy duty enough to support a portable recorder with built in mics.