This thing is awesome!! It can go anywhere! See anything! This is so cool, and I love also how when you use it you won’t have tripods getting in your way. Oh!!! And you can pan it!!
I've been working on a lighting and camera boom for the workshop
Submitted 5 months ago by DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz to 3dprinting@lemmy.world
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NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
I greased the captured post that it spins around and I’ve only almost hit myself with it a couple times.
phx@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Are you planning on motorizing it or just setting it manually?
DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Just manual, it only needs to be moved into position and remain there for my purposes.
But I have been tinkering with a camera slide made from almost all 3d printed parts that will be motorized (when I get around to it lol)
phx@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
I’ve always wanted to make something like a Glados model on a moving extension, with a built in mic+speaker+camera. :-)
thecitywelivein@lemm.ee 5 months ago
For the upper arm, will it eventually use all four springs or do you alternate the pair based on the direction you want it to lean?
DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
I know this is way later and doesn’t really matter, but I really liked your idea and thought about it for a while.
I ended up coming up with this spring “quick caps” for quickly moving, rearranging, or de-tensioning them for maintenance and it has really improved how the whole boom operates.
Anyway, thanks for the idea!
thecitywelivein@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Those quick releases look great. Simple solutions are sometimes the hardest thing to come up with.
DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Originally I was using all four, but after working with it a bit and changing the springs orientations I found it worked well with just the one set. I’ve left the other two in case I change my mind :)
colourlesspony@pawb.social 5 months ago
That looks awesome! Although, a little spindly.
DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
The rods are 3/8ths inch and the bolts are 1/4 20 hardware, plus 4mm machine screws assembling smaller parts and as grub screws. I think it’ll stay together fine, but there’s enough load over a long distance that it does have a little sway and bounce after moving it. Although, after a few seconds it settles and I haven’t had any issues. I figure that my phone’s video stabilization will filter out the small stuff.
DrM@feddit.de 5 months ago
Did you by any change get inspired by Marius Hornberger? :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V0NvNZmvXU
He did something very similar, your’s looks a bit better with the lighting
DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Weirdly enough, yes and no.
I assumed you were linking this video: youtu.be/p68Y1e4acF4?si=vS-Dpx9isLgJdFHX
I totally forgot he did basically the same thing hahaha.
j4k3@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Very nice. I want something like this go a computer monitor I could use at a desk and in bed (partially disabled). There is so much to this it would probably be useless to waste time writing it all out, but if you have any key lessons or tips, please share them.
DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
There’s some pretty good gas spring monitor arms, I use a few at my desk. The one I use for a fairly heavy 27inch monitor might fit your use case but they can get pricey. www.ergotron.com/en-us/products/…/45-241#?color=p…
The springs I used here might be a bit weak for a monitor, I think the long ones are four pounders. But I don’t know much about springs and I just got ones that looked right from Lowes :)
As far as tips from this build, being able to change configurations and adjust positions did a lot to shore up the gap between what I wanted to do and how little I knew about any of this. Also, I’d probably do a 90 degree bend at the middle link.