Light Stand Issues. Help?

[Two-Few]

Alrighty. So I'm in a bit of a bind. I just ordered a few stands and lights for our mini studio at work. I thought that I did my research, but as it turns out, I ran into a couple problems and I need a little help. I ran into two problems.

1 - We have 2, 1k softlites with a 5/8" stud mount. We want to mount these on 2 Avenger 604 stands that have 28mm female tops (although it says 35mm in the description, the opening is actually 28mm). After looking for adapters and spigots, I want to make sure that I'm ordering the right stuff. Would anyone know if this might work?
Avenger Stand Adapter

2 - We have a Manfrotto 3385 Boom Assembly for another light. This thing has a pivoting clamp with 19, 20, 25 and 28mm slots. The C-stand we have for this is an Avenger A218S (more product details) with a 5/8" male stud. For this issue, I'm pretty clueless as I don't know whether to look for a new pivoting clamp or find an adapter for that 5/8" stud (if one even exists).

Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations?

[profnoxin]

As to your first question, yes, that adaptor should work just fine... I'll research the next now...

[profnoxin]

Do you have a similar product link that describes what your clamp looks like? If your boom has a pin that is supposed to insert into something, could you not just get the grip arm and knuckle for the C-Stand, take the arm out, and insert the pin into the C-Stand knuckle? Anyhow, if you post again with new info, I'll try to help you figure this out.

[Two-Few]

Hey - thanks for the help so far. I'm using the swivel grip/clamp that was included with the boom. Here's the product info for the Boom (and clamp).

The boom doesn't have a pin. The swivel ability for the boom relies on the pivoting clamp that it came with. It's that clamp that doesn't quite have a slot small enough for the pin on the c-stand. My curiosity would be if getting an adapter for the pin, or replacing the pin, would be sturdier than getting a new pivoting clamp, or if it wouldn't matter either way?

Thanks again for the help so far!

[profnoxin]

This may be more money than you want to spend, but couldn't the gobo head for a c-stand hold the boom, and you could just forget about the clamp that comes with it? I would imagine that this would be the sturdiest and least jerry rigged way of fixing your problem. That pole looks like it would fit into a c-stand knuckle just fine.

[Two-Few]

hmmm.... Good point. I'll talk to my boss and see what he says. Thanks again!

[profnoxin]

No prob. Remind your boss that getting the gobo head and grip arm would be a solid investment anyway. If you're not going to buy that stuff, why even bother buying a c-stand? Keep truckin'.