Home Made Crane
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Jim Brennan
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Re: Home Made Crane
Wow. It looks solid
Wow. It looks solid
Anhar_Miah
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Re: Home Made Crane
wow, thats cool
how long to construct?
wow, thats cool
how long to construct?DVXFilmMaker
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Re: Home Made Crane
It pans and tilts manually.
The vice grips? Hey, that's darn good American construction! Actually, we hadn't mounted it yet, we were just trying the position on the tripod.
It took us a few hours give or take a few. However, we have a few more things to do, so I'd say about 8 hours total.
Thanks! We'll post more pics and some footage soon!
It pans and tilts manually.
The vice grips? Hey, that's darn good American construction! Actually, we hadn't mounted it yet, we were just trying the position on the tripod.
It took us a few hours give or take a few. However, we have a few more things to do, so I'd say about 8 hours total.
Thanks! We'll post more pics and some footage soon!
Jim Brennan
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Re: Home Made Crane
did you come up with the plans yourself? If not, what did you use?
did you come up with the plans yourself? If not, what did you use?
DVXFilmMaker
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Re: Home Made Crane/More pics
http://www.rikkirockett.com/jib/jib.html
Re: Home Made Crane/More pics
http://www.rikkirockett.com/jib/jib.html
Speedvark0
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Re: Home Made Crane
Can you give us an ingredient list that we can take to home depot? ;D
Can you give us an ingredient list that we can take to home depot? ;D
waycooljr
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Re: Home Made Crane
DVXFilmMaker and I constructed that crane in just a few hours. We are thinking of producing them at a very reasonable cost for all of us to enjoy.
We used it on Saturday strapped to the back of a pickup to get some cool shots of vintage motor cycles cruzing throug a canyon. I'll see if I can get more pics posted online including a a few video clips.
Ray
DVXFilmMaker and I constructed that crane in just a few hours. We are thinking of producing them at a very reasonable cost for all of us to enjoy.
We used it on Saturday strapped to the back of a pickup to get some cool shots of vintage motor cycles cruzing throug a canyon. I'll see if I can get more pics posted online including a a few video clips.
Ray
Fuboy
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Re: Home Made Crane
[quote author=waycooljr link=board=Links;num=1098287126;start=0#12 date=10/26/04 at 00:01:22]DVXFilmMaker and I constructed that crane in just a few hours. We are thinking of producing them at a very reasonable cost for all of us to enjoy.
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So, are these your original plans or did they come from somewhere else?
[quote author=waycooljr link=board=Links;num=1098287126;start=0#12 date=10/26/04 at 00:01:22]DVXFilmMaker and I constructed that crane in just a few hours. We are thinking of producing them at a very reasonable cost for all of us to enjoy.
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So, are these your original plans or did they come from somewhere else?
waycooljr
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Re: Home Made Crane
[quote author=identity link=board=Links;num=1098287126;start=0#14 date=10/26/04 at 10:54:50]How much height does it give you above the Tripod?[/quote]
Our (proto type) crane extends 7 feet above the tripod. In the final design we plan to have inter changable tubes to extend or shorten the length of the crane.
As for the price we are trying to keep it under $500.00. The price of steel and aluminum isn't cheap these days.
Ray
[quote author=identity link=board=Links;num=1098287126;start=0#14 date=10/26/04 at 10:54:50]How much height does it give you above the Tripod?[/quote]
Our (proto type) crane extends 7 feet above the tripod. In the final design we plan to have inter changable tubes to extend or shorten the length of the crane.
As for the price we are trying to keep it under $500.00. The price of steel and aluminum isn't cheap these days.
Ray
waycooljr
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Re: Home Made Crane
[quote author=Fuboy link=board=Links;num=1098287126;start=15#15 date=10/26/04 at 11:07:07]
So, are these your original plans or did they come from somewhere else?[/quote]
I can't take total credit for the idea as there are cranes avalable that are similiar.
Our design when fully completed will have new features that will make this crane very unique, allowing for some really cool crane shots.
I am currently working on a modified version of what we already constructed. Once completed I will post new pics complete with detailed features. If we get enough orders, we will look into making a limited production run for those interested.
Ray
[quote author=Fuboy link=board=Links;num=1098287126;start=15#15 date=10/26/04 at 11:07:07]
So, are these your original plans or did they come from somewhere else?[/quote]
I can't take total credit for the idea as there are cranes avalable that are similiar.
Our design when fully completed will have new features that will make this crane very unique, allowing for some really cool crane shots.
I am currently working on a modified version of what we already constructed. Once completed I will post new pics complete with detailed features. If we get enough orders, we will look into making a limited production run for those interested.
Ray
DVXFilmMaker
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Re: Home Made Crane
Here is a clip of some footage we did with the crane.
http://www.hooliganfilm.com/hooligan_crane_tests1.html
BTW: Like Ray mentioned, we would love to make this available to those of you who don't have an area to construct this thing. I like it way better than a commercial one that I purchased like a year ago.
Here is a clip of some footage we did with the crane.
http://www.hooliganfilm.com/hooligan_crane_tests1.html
BTW: Like Ray mentioned, we would love to make this available to those of you who don't have an area to construct this thing. I like it way better than a commercial one that I purchased like a year ago.