Kraut69
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Less than $20 for parts:
6" 1/4X20 hx hd full threaded bolt (don't know if6" will work but the 5" bolt I used was barely long enough)--EDIT: 6" is a little too long, you would have to cut it off)
1/4X20 hex nut (one)--edit: quantity 2
1/4X20 square nuts
5/8"X2-1/8" hex coupler
1/4X20 lock washer (one)--edit 2
1/4X20 flat washer (one)
3/8" set screw (two 3/8" long)
1/4" set scew (two 5/8" long, two 3/8" long)
black paint
foam tubing (edit: mine came off of a cheap metal broom handle)
tall gas shock mount on EBAY:description: Columbia Gas Shock Strut Prop Spring TALL Right Angle Bracket Mounting Plate 10m ($3.49 + $3.10 shipping)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220972066114?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Reverse the handle for the standard position, remove the endcap.
Drill out he ball mount on the gas shock bracket,and the twoholes to mount to studs inserted into the camera ( holes on the bracket line upabout perfectly and the upper hole where the ball mount is, is dead on thecenter of the Sony tube).
Hammer in a square nut to one end of the 5/8" X 2-1/8coupler (as straight as possible) .
Insert the5"-6" bolt into the shockbracket (edit: with a lock washer), spin on the hex coupler fromthe other side of the bracket to lockthe bolt on the bracket.
Put a 1/4X20 washer , lock washer and a hex nut on the otherend of the hex coupler and tighten down (Edit: you will have to use a square nut here, the hex nut wont fit into the Sony tube)
Paint, put a piece of foam tubing over the hex coupler.
Thread as many square nuts onto the the bolt as you want,position so a group ends up where the 1/4" and 3/8" threaded holesare on the Sony handle (a 5" bolt only gets half way across the threadedholes, but good enough). Secure with two 3/8" set screws and two 1/4" set screws into thehandle.
I feel more secure now lifting my 18 lb shoulder rig. LCD screen tilts in a workable fashion , notof real concern with a shoulder mount rig since an external LCD is used. Maybe a mod to the design could help make it100% positionable.
6" 1/4X20 hx hd full threaded bolt (don't know if6" will work but the 5" bolt I used was barely long enough)--EDIT: 6" is a little too long, you would have to cut it off)
1/4X20 hex nut (one)--edit: quantity 2
1/4X20 square nuts
5/8"X2-1/8" hex coupler
1/4X20 lock washer (one)--edit 2
1/4X20 flat washer (one)
3/8" set screw (two 3/8" long)
1/4" set scew (two 5/8" long, two 3/8" long)
black paint
foam tubing (edit: mine came off of a cheap metal broom handle)
tall gas shock mount on EBAY:description: Columbia Gas Shock Strut Prop Spring TALL Right Angle Bracket Mounting Plate 10m ($3.49 + $3.10 shipping)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220972066114?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Reverse the handle for the standard position, remove the endcap.
Drill out he ball mount on the gas shock bracket,and the twoholes to mount to studs inserted into the camera ( holes on the bracket line upabout perfectly and the upper hole where the ball mount is, is dead on thecenter of the Sony tube).
Hammer in a square nut to one end of the 5/8" X 2-1/8coupler (as straight as possible) .
Insert the5"-6" bolt into the shockbracket (edit: with a lock washer), spin on the hex coupler fromthe other side of the bracket to lockthe bolt on the bracket.
Put a 1/4X20 washer , lock washer and a hex nut on the otherend of the hex coupler and tighten down (Edit: you will have to use a square nut here, the hex nut wont fit into the Sony tube)
Paint, put a piece of foam tubing over the hex coupler.
Thread as many square nuts onto the the bolt as you want,position so a group ends up where the 1/4" and 3/8" threaded holesare on the Sony handle (a 5" bolt only gets half way across the threadedholes, but good enough). Secure with two 3/8" set screws and two 1/4" set screws into thehandle.
I feel more secure now lifting my 18 lb shoulder rig. LCD screen tilts in a workable fashion , notof real concern with a shoulder mount rig since an external LCD is used. Maybe a mod to the design could help make it100% positionable.
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