Tascam FR-AV2 Field Recorder Handle and Mount

For the recording gear:

• Tascam FR-AV2 (I debated for a long time vs the Zoom F3)

• Sennheiser MKE-600 shotgun mic

• Clippy XLR EM272Z1 Matched Setero Microphone Pair

• Rycote Windjammer fur wind blockers - 2X

For the mount:

• SmallRig BSM2352 Shotgun Microphone Holder

• SmallRig Cold Shoe mount

• 2x10mm carbon fiber strips for the arms (I used a 1/8" glass drilling bit like this submerged in water to make the holes)

• Rycote Clippy Lyre Microphone Holder -2X

• There's a variety of 3mm hardware on the arms including these red thumb screws and these brass inserts glued into the middle arm. You'll need some 3mm nuts and washers (the carbon fiber should not be a bearing surface). I used CA glue to hold the washers in place on the carbon strips. Same glue was used to hold the brass inserts in place. Note that for the inserts the hold is larger than 3mm and you'll have to do some careful filing unless you have the right sized bit.

• There's an aluminum, internally threaded spacer between the arm and the mount that I had in my junk box, I'm sure one could find a suitable part elsewhere.

• There are three 3D printed pieces for the handle/mount - Files found here at Printables

• The upper piece holds the recorder, and the arm

• The lower handle has threaded 1/4-20 brass inserts on top and bottom.

• The base provides a pretty stable platform and can be removed for mounting the handle to a tripod.

• I wrapped the handle in vegetable tanned leather and sewed it together with waked thread.

• I used Carbon Fiber loaded PLA for the prints on my Prusa i3 MK3S

• You'll need three 1/2"x1/4"-20 stainless cap screws and a 3/8"x1/4"-20 rounded head screw

• I also used some hook and loop strips to organize the cables, and glued one strip to the back of the mount to hold the bundled cables.