homemade 8' crane

[dlang]

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/7555/1154121815.jpg

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/7555/1154122056.jpg


It's not quite as good as the kessler crane but I gave it a shot. Still making some modifications. built for roughly 150.00. It's a good solid crane. One thing I decided to do was to go with sand ankle weights to counter balance. It works great and they are alot easier to hall, also if you aren't using your crane they make great sand bags as well. Cheers

 

[Kevin Briggs]

cool. It looks like you extended the bottom control arm past the tripod, so does this give you control over the camera tilt independant from the movement of the crane? Simple and cheap.

-Kevin

 

[dlang]

well that part is not exactly finished yet. It will have a handle attached vertically from the control arm to the body of the crane (near the end of course). For now I just use the fluid head and arm to control tilt. Can leave you in a bit of a twister though.

 

[Justin Kuhn]

Nice-lookin' rig. Have you considered getting an extension for the fluid arm?

 

[Ram S.O.S]

That's the best looking home made crane that I have seen. The design is very similar to my Kessler KC8. Great work.

 

[dlang]

That's the best looking home made crane that I have seen. The design is very similar to my Kessler KC8. Great work.

Ya that was my inspiration. Really it was fairly easy to build just some rec tubing welded together some flat aluminum bent at 90 degrees, some bearing and some bolts. very simple, but very sturdy. My next addtiotion will be a removable 8' extension making it 12'. Thanks for the compliment.