Needed items:

• Laser Pointer from here
• Dremel rotary tool (Cutting discs, griding stone, sanding)
• Nail varnish or model paint
• Pliers
• Ruler
• Pencil

If you order the laser pointer from the link in the required items list, it comes with a barrel mount already provided, this is what you are going to modify down to fit to the camera. Ok, on with the guide;

First step is to cut away the larger of the two rings of the mount using the cutting discs of the Dremel. Have a pair of pliers ready to hold the mount as its going to get warm the more you work with it. You need to ensure that the section left is minimum 20mm wide at the bottom, coloured in green on this diagram. The finished article should be 18mm wide, but best to leave yourself a little work room for when you shape and square it in the next step.

Once you have that cut off, you should end up with something like this.

Now using the grinding stone, cutting disc and the sander you need to work the extrusion on the bottom of the mount so that it is squared off to fit in the hot shoe mount. The correct size should be 18mm along the bottom edge. You are aiming to have something looking basically like this:

Ok, so its starting to take shape, all you need to do now is cut in the groves so it can slide into the hot shoe mount. These groves should begin 2mm from the base / flat edge you have put on to the mount, and should be about 2mm wide themselves. You also want to try and angle the grooves ever so slightly down towards the front of the mount to have the laser pointed at the centre of the frame when in use. You are aiming to have something looking like this:

Once you have that, try it for size on the camera and make any minor adjustments / trims that you may need to allow it to fit smoothly. I personally took the battery out of my camera while testing this, as it would be bare metal against the pins. I’m not 100% sure if that’s necessary, but I wasn’t taking any chances!

Once you have it a snug fit, you can give a quick layer of nail varnish or model paint over the bottom of the plate to insulate it, and then fit the laser pointer in and give it a try out!

As you can see, its all fairly straight forward as long as you have used a Dremel before you should manage this no problem.

A couple of quick pics of mine when finished.

Comments and improvements more than welcome :)

~Shepy