stevenbruce
Active member
I have started constructing my self a steady cam, took inspiration from a couple of the other builds on here.
There aren't many DIY builds out there, so i thought i would post my progress here.
Here is where i am at so far, aluminium parts, standard bearings:
I'm using JB weld for the joints, Its pretty strong, but the HV20 isn't a heavy camera so I'm not worried.
I do plan to add some extra bits and pieces to make it stronger but i am pretty confident that will hold just fine. (I used JB weld to fix a pedal onto my unicycle and that's been rock solid for a couple of months).
The smaller bearings are just standard skate ones I think. The larger bearing is an open caged bearing. I have cleaned out the motor grease to make it run quickly. Large sealed bearings have loads of friction and are pretty useless for hand held stabilizer. I have to add two more bearings and then the gimbal is finished.
Going to work on the stage next any ideas?
There aren't many DIY builds out there, so i thought i would post my progress here.
Here is where i am at so far, aluminium parts, standard bearings:
I'm using JB weld for the joints, Its pretty strong, but the HV20 isn't a heavy camera so I'm not worried.
I do plan to add some extra bits and pieces to make it stronger but i am pretty confident that will hold just fine. (I used JB weld to fix a pedal onto my unicycle and that's been rock solid for a couple of months).
The smaller bearings are just standard skate ones I think. The larger bearing is an open caged bearing. I have cleaned out the motor grease to make it run quickly. Large sealed bearings have loads of friction and are pretty useless for hand held stabilizer. I have to add two more bearings and then the gimbal is finished.
Going to work on the stage next any ideas?
