painters pole for lighting?

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

I read a lot about people trying to adapt a painters pole for audio, but what about for portable boom light? I see this setup on pro sets a lot. How do I convert that funky plastic threading into a 5/8 stud?

[Noah]

how about you get a cardellini and just attach it to the end of the pole? No need for threading. I've put china balls at the ends of painters poles for scenes where someone's walking with a candle/lantern, but nothing heavier - I guess an inkie or a dedo or maybe even a small kino could work.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

My plan is the chimera lantern. If I used a cardellini it'd make the 5/8 stud be at a 90 angle, I guess that would work. I dont have a cardellini though I have a pile of mafer clamps. I guess I should experiment. What I was hoping for was some adapter or something.

[MattinSTL]

The cartellini is kind of heavy to hang under all that leverage (in my opinion)... since we're just talking about a painter's pole then drill that bee-otch up man! Drill RIGHT THROUGH that plastic end and stick a 5/8 rod in there. Then screw it in place from the side.

Any DIY guy should keep a few feet of solid aluminum rod laying around for this type of thing... it's cheap and easy. If you want to drill/grind/cut in a capture groove/hole in the DIY stud it only takes about 1 minute tops.

Am I giving you a clear picture of how to do this?

If you don't like this idea then get a 3/8" threaded stud (about 2" long)... drill the end of the pole out the same way, but drill it at 5/16" and then screw the 3/8" stud straight down into the plastic hole... it will be tight, but it works well. Then just take a brass manfrotto bit (the 5/8" short stud that's tapped for 3/8") and screw it on. Done!

[Capt Quirk]

Shawneous- if you surf ebay, there is a guy selling adapters for painter's poles to make them boom poles. that would give you the right sized thread you are looking for.