My Jib....yep, i made one :)

[Alejo_NIN]

so after reading for months and never been able to save up the money to buy one, i decided i would invest 100 dollars and make one myself.

everything is made from aluminum.

for now, it has a few flaws:
1. the jib is not very stable (i dunno if it is the nature of these devices, but i find it to be very jerky) i believe the issue can be resolved by getting a thiker base plate and square tubing posts for the pivoting point.
2. not as smooth as i would like it to be, this could be fixed perhaps with bearings? or something similar
3. the head cannot be remotely moved, i will fix this once i can figure out how to motorize it.

the current movements allowed on the jib are:
a. jib TILT (from having the camera touching the floor, to being as high as possible, i have not measdured it but it seems to be able to go about 10' in the air)
b. jib pan (with the help of the tripod head (503HDV) i get very smooth pans.

at the head:
a. pan (possible 300 degrees rotation (guestimate)
b. tilt from about 20 degrees to 180 degrees)

other than that, pretty cool, huh? lol

the tv monitor i used is a totevision LCD-703HD

ayways, here are the pictures:

 

[ReneH]

I like the design. Can u fix the last 2 pictures? They are red x-ed out. Best pics so far of someone's diy jib.
I learned quite a bit on how to make one by your carefully made images.


Good job!

 

[Paul F]

Well done. It looks like you used double nuts or locknuts at key points for safety. Good.

I'd recommend finding a way to not have the weights be a swing weight. As you probably know, they will tend to make the jib swing back and forth at the end of a move.

 

[Alejo_NIN]

Well done. It looks like you used double nuts or locknuts at key points for safety. Good.

I'd recommend finding a way to not have the weights be a swing weight. As you probably know, they will tend to make the jib swing back and forth at the end of a move.

great catch!
i didn't think of that!
gotta find a way to fix that issue.