A DIY Thing

GenJerDan

GenJerDan

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I have a couple of these. Rack-mount slides. Aluminum. Ball-bearings between the sections to glide relatively smoothly.

Any idea what I can turn them into, camera equipment-wise?

They're just sitting there, aching to be turned into something usefull.

I'm thinking of cutting one shorter, using it as a camera base-plate atop a steadicamish thingie. Anything else?

Dan
 
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Hmmmmm

Almost like a mini dolly of sorts for hard to reach places? Have to get a Plate on there but I can see this being some crazy tool in the bag.
 
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John's idea of a mini dolly is cool. Also, mount a tripod base that swivels so the camera can be panned during a dolly. I can imagine using one on a counter top or some other confined space.
 
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I have a mini dolly like the one being described here (fluid head, bearings, track sits on the TOP of a tripod) except mine has a 5ft long track. GREAT tool. You can do dolly shots as quickly as it would have taken you to set up a tripod. I can tell you from experience that 18inches its going to be tooo short to be useful...unless your doing macro work. At the same time using it as a steadicam balance plate it may be too big.
 
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[quote author=Brett_Erskine link=board=Links;num=1093565315;start=0#4 date=08/27/04 at 12:08:34]At the same time using it as a steadicam balance plate it may be too big.  [/quote]

Yeah. I'd have to whacked off some, bring it down to 6 or 8 inches. Doable.
 
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[quote author=Oppressor_LOB link=board=Links;num=1093565315;start=0#5 date=08/27/04 at 13:53:35]you can stick a desert eagle on the end and slip it up your sleave.[/quote]

HAH! That's exactly what I thought.
 
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Mini dolly system is a professional track and dolly setup but on a smaller scale. The track is 5 ft long and 1ft wide. The dolly is about 1ft square with 8 wheels. Its set up to take either any standard threaded fluid head or a hi-hat configuration will let you use a 75mm-150mm bowl. Its a major time saver and letting you do perfect dolly shots with none of the hassle. I believe I saw a similar system posted here once before. I'll try and take a picture next time I use it.
 
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O! O! Went to the recycling center today to dump some paper...and found this

http://www.genjerdan.com/private/arm.jpg

in the miscellaneous dumpster.

No, not the cat! The draftsman thingie. Really happy about the articulated arm part. Ordered a stabilizer fromEVS the other day, and can easily work this up to give my arm a rest. Just gotta make a gimbal attachment...

I'm gonna have SO much fun when I get back from vacation. :D

Dan
 
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