Ring video doorbell bracket

For over 2 years my poor Ring doorbell has been mounted to the wall with some scrapwood I found lying around my workshop floor. Finally got around to making something a bit nicer for it!

First step was to chop up an IKEA Applaro shelf for the 5 acacia wood slats I wanted to use for the main panel, first roughly with a handsaw then again with a fine blade on the drop saw. Bit of stain&varnish on the ends to finish it off.



Next I joined them with some MDF pieces that also serve as mounting hardware. All exposed edges were sealed to help prevent moisture issues, although the doorbell is under cover anyway.



The middle piece gets mounted to the wall and a bevelled edge holds the right side to the wall while the left side gets affixed using screws hidden behind the doorbell.



Next step was to bond some laser-cut acrylic designs to the wood, chosen to celebrate all the modifications I'd made to our relatively small 3-bedroom house. I decided to try Loctite 5-minute epoxy, which comes with a self-mixing nozzle. I shouldn't have been surprised when the nozzle blocked up in 5 minutes...



End result!

 

I rang them to whinge about the flat mount provided (its like its designed to fit ON a door facing straight ahead only ??? We dont have much in the way of jambs to mount directly ahead) WTF. and they sent me a plastic kit for free. I painted it with rendered wall paint and it matches the rendered wall and comes with the wall plugs and it was easy as. Comes with three angles pieces. I used two. So it now looks across the doorway and not just ahead.



Then I had issues with wifi drop outs despite great close signals. They diagnosed need for a additional sender unit to make signal stronger and sent that free too. The version of doorbell we had was prone to weak signal reception and needed a boosted signal to stop it switching networks (we have three)

Ring support (in Nevada) very good and they warehouse drop out of a Sydney store so its quick response. And they gave me 2 years of cloud store for videos

 

We were lucky to have a wall perpendicular to the entry, on which the old intercom doorbell was mounted. I think my Ring's view would be slightly better with 1x downward wedge and 1x sideways wedge (apparently you can combine them) but they come in sets of 3 and are disproportionately expensive. Never got around to 3D printing one instead as the view is ok.

Also had signal issues with mine, despite a Unifi enterprise access point being on the other side of the front door. Video didn't work at first, but an automatic firmware update fixed it; works perfectly now.

 

That is bloody awesome!
Great work!

 

Very nice!

 

Cheap 3D prints : "ring doorbell" 3D Models to Print - yeggi

 

I think I'm just really over the look of 3D printed parts. After going through a phase of designing something every week and printing something almost every night, the visual imperfections began to stand out to me more than the novelty/utility factor. Tried to stave this off by having parts printed by Shapeways in a variety of plastics/metals, but ultimately I can only appreciate it as a prototyping system and cannot stand to see printed parts in use in everyday life.

Sorry for the rant

 

I buy 3D parts for action camera adapters. eg a 3 axis gymbal mount and mounting adapters eg backpack attachment, paraglider chestmount etc. It makes a good camera better.

I accept them as unique parts that add function where the manufacturer has limits. Some are better quality than others and I suspect cheap printers = that grainy finish where some do good smooth plastics that minimise plastic. Others are thick horrid products and often dont look like their photo on shapeways.

I wish I had $1 from everytime I have been asked - where can I buy that !

A : Danydanfree in France !!

 

I designed a super simple GoPro mount several years ago at a friend's request, uploaded it to Thingiverse Agree that sometimes you just want a shape to perform a function.