Damaged DVX Base: What you are about to see is not pretty

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btangonan

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Someone, who shall remain nameless in the course of this thread, tried to pick up my DVX by the handle while it was still attached to it's tripod and as a result the tripod mount ripped out of it's socket (see below). I was hoping to "fix" it by fastening a steel base plate tripod mount from Santofilme (http://www.santofilme.com.br/baseplate/DVX100a.html) over the damaged socket, however the Santofilme plate will not attach properly because the broken aluminum is bent out such that the plate will not fit flush up against the bottom of the camera. The replacement plate can be screwed on, however it bulges out in the middle and I'm worried that this will place a dangerous amount of stress on the tiny screw threads holding it in place.

So the question is, HOW CAN I SAVE MY BABY?

NOTE: The base plate is NOT what's damaged. Rather, the metal UNDER the baseplate is what's broken and sticking out. As far as I can tell, this is part of the body of the camera and would be VERY difficult to replace.
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man... as long as your DVX has the important stuff working, the baseplate is a minor injury
My DVX is fubar! no manual focus, scratched lens... i wish my DVX had your minor problem...
 
Once again, this is not a picture of the base plate. This is a picture of the metal UNDER the base plate. Is this part even replaceable?

Point taken, though. The camera does function, at least. Sorry to hear about your woes.
 
is there anyway to push the metal back down enough to get a new baseplate on it? i would think theres a few things that could be done
 
The baseplate can be attached, however the broken metal pushes the middle of the baseplate up such that the baseplate does not sit flat against the bottom of the camera. Instead, the middle bows, which I'm afraid puts horizontal strain on the screws and results in an unstable tripod mount.

I plan on selling this camera and I could not in good conscience sell it like that.
 
why not bend the metal back into the camera some like i said or even a little handy work with a dremel to get rid of a small amount of the piece
 
Ide probably try, as carefully as i could to bend the metal back, and then just put the new plate on. Or if you don't feel like risking it just put the plate on and let it box out, as long as it doesn't affect you putting the camera on a tripod or anything...
 
magnesium body of the DVX will not appreciate bending of any kind. See how it cracked?

I think your only real option is to sand it down and then bolt a much bigger slab of metal underneath. Very risky stuff
 
look at the jagged edges though, the only reason its bent upwards is because the 2 surfaces are stuck like that, i am going to bet you can push those down to a point they would stick in a much better , mabye not perfect, but more flush which is a good thing
 
Cold weld (two tubes of paste mixed together) could be applied to the hole, in and around the edges and let set. File this stuff until flush. Drill the Cold weld and tap and die for anchoring the base plate to the welding material.
 
I also have a similar friend who managed to kill the mount for my 100b. I woudl say that you want to sand/dremel down the protruding things and use the Ulysses base plate. I had one on my 100A and I loved it, and now I just ordered one for my 100B.
 
joe_gill said:
I also have a similar friend who managed to kill the mount for my 100b. I woudl say that you want to sand/dremel down the protruding things and use the Ulysses base plate. I had one on my 100A and I loved it, and now I just ordered one for my 100B.
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That's exactly what I ended up doing. I held a vacuum under the camera to capture all the magnesium dust from the sanding to make sure it didn't get inside the camera and ruin the lens. Works like a charm!

Brad
 
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