DIY Jib

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Steve Nelson

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Hey everyone. My friends and I over at IndyMogul.com have been messing around with making our own DIY Jib (camera crane) and finally went through with it last week. We went with wood for our build and here is the video of how we built it and the test footage:

http://www.indymogul.com/episode/IMWE_20071102

Hope you guys enjoy it! We're putting the Build Plans together right now and will post them on the blog, hopefully, by tomorrow.
 
That's great!

Mayby a little wood glue on the pieces that don't come apart and fender washers on the parallelgram part to add a little more bearing surface might lend a bit more ridigity to the whole. Nice of you guys to take the time to put the video togeather.
 
Looks pretty good Steve.

I have a couple thoughts for you though...

I think the movements would probably be a little smoother, and stay consistent in the long-term if you used bearings at the pivot points. Otherwise it's likely that the joints with eventually become a bit sloppy, and may start out a little too stiff.

Also it would probably be good to add a bar to the back end to hold counter weights. Ideally the jib should have perfect balance so that it can stay in a level position without holding onto it.
 
Yeah, this whole project is a big experiment and we will constantly be making adjustments. Thanks for the ideas, we'll see in time how the washers hold up and if they don't, we'll definitely try out your ideas. As for counter weight...we have sandbags right now. But we'll be going more in depth with that when we do a modifications/how-to-use-your-jib episode for the kiddies.

Thanks for watching and commenting guys! I think we're going to be building a smaller model for our younger fans that can attach to a normal tripod. We're hoping to make it Jib Month for Weekend Extra over at Indy Mogul.
 
tcindie said:
Looks pretty good Steve.

I have a couple thoughts for you though...

I think the movements would probably be a little smoother, and stay consistent in the long-term if you used bearings at the pivot points. Otherwise it's likely that the joints with eventually become a bit sloppy, and may start out a little too stiff.

Also it would probably be good to add a bar to the back end to hold counter weights. Ideally the jib should have perfect balance so that it can stay in a level position without holding onto it.
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I'm just curious what type of bearing you are using on your pivot points? The only ones that make sense to me are thrust bearing with washers, am I missing something or would this be the way to go?
 
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