DrumbeatF
@DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz
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- Comment on I've been working on a lighting and camera boom for the workshop 11 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!
- Comment on I've been working on a lighting and camera boom for the workshop 11 months ago:
I greased the captured post that it spins around and I’ve only almost hit myself with it a couple times.
- Comment on I've been working on a lighting and camera boom for the workshop 11 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.
- Comment on I've been working on a lighting and camera boom for the workshop 11 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)
- Comment on I've been working on a lighting and camera boom for the workshop 11 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.
- Comment on I've been working on a lighting and camera boom for the workshop 11 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.
- Comment on I've been working on a lighting and camera boom for the workshop 11 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 :)
- Submitted 11 months ago to 3dprinting@lemmy.world | 15 comments
