Hi All,
I shoot events with the Steadicam Merlin with my fully loaded DVX-100, and it really kills my wrist!!! My thumb is numb for two days after the all-day event. I guess from a pinched nerve or something.
I've been looking into ways of supporting my wrist while lugging the thing for hours. I currently use a wrist brace from Rite-Aid that has the metal reinforcements. While it helps, it doesn't keep the wrist from flexing under the stress.
The arm/vest system for the merlin really seems like overkill, especially when I want to keep relatively low key. Plus I just want a way to save my wrist for a lower cost.
Then I remembered the Glidecam Arm Brace HERE and then thought to myself: "Self, now wouldn't it be great if I found a way to fit the merlin onto that thing so I wouldn't kill myself each time I go out with it?"
Now I know there are two things getting in the way of making it work, the pipe on the arm brace is much thicker than what would fit the merlin, obviously, as I had a glidecam before (much prefer the steadicam). I'm not exactly sure what the diameter of a proper fitting bar for the merlin would be, neither do I know how to make an adapter for said bar to connect with the brace.
One thing that came to mind was: Buy the arm brace, buy a proper sized metal bar (to fit into the merlin) cut to length, and find some tube to jam into the arm brace, in which the merlin-fitting metal bar would go into. Make sense?
Crazy ghetto DIY idea, I know, but I was wondering if anybody has thought of this, or better yet, done it? I would go ahead and do it myself it it weren't for the fact I have no idea what the measurements of all of the pieces would be.
I would hope the pieces could come from some existing stuff I can pick up from a hardware store.
Any help would be appreciated from you guys!
I shoot events with the Steadicam Merlin with my fully loaded DVX-100, and it really kills my wrist!!! My thumb is numb for two days after the all-day event. I guess from a pinched nerve or something.
I've been looking into ways of supporting my wrist while lugging the thing for hours. I currently use a wrist brace from Rite-Aid that has the metal reinforcements. While it helps, it doesn't keep the wrist from flexing under the stress.
The arm/vest system for the merlin really seems like overkill, especially when I want to keep relatively low key. Plus I just want a way to save my wrist for a lower cost.
Then I remembered the Glidecam Arm Brace HERE and then thought to myself: "Self, now wouldn't it be great if I found a way to fit the merlin onto that thing so I wouldn't kill myself each time I go out with it?"
Now I know there are two things getting in the way of making it work, the pipe on the arm brace is much thicker than what would fit the merlin, obviously, as I had a glidecam before (much prefer the steadicam). I'm not exactly sure what the diameter of a proper fitting bar for the merlin would be, neither do I know how to make an adapter for said bar to connect with the brace.
One thing that came to mind was: Buy the arm brace, buy a proper sized metal bar (to fit into the merlin) cut to length, and find some tube to jam into the arm brace, in which the merlin-fitting metal bar would go into. Make sense?
Crazy ghetto DIY idea, I know, but I was wondering if anybody has thought of this, or better yet, done it? I would go ahead and do it myself it it weren't for the fact I have no idea what the measurements of all of the pieces would be.
I would hope the pieces could come from some existing stuff I can pick up from a hardware store.
Any help would be appreciated from you guys!
