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Thread: Project 10, from scootarida1, desk top tripod

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    Default Project 10, from scootarida1, desk top tripod

    Since I didnt feel like asking around for a tri pod at work, i decided to build my own. Basically is uses .75" angle aluminum that 1/8" of an inch thick. I used two bolts to make the legs go out like a tri pod and a 1/4-20 bolt to hold the camera in place. Altogether it took about 30 mins for me to make. One thing i would have done differntly is to make sure the angles dont interfere with each other so it would fold up. The top part is made out of 1" x1/8" aluminum that i bent to shape. Here are some pictures:





    Last edited by scootarida1; 07-26-2011 at 01:02 PM.
    Brandon Raineri
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    I nice simple solution...nice when they work out that easy
    sold my miller mig
    got a PT250EX
    saving up for a plasma cutter

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    Brandon, Dip the bottoms of the legs in some of the liquid plastic used for coating the handles of tools (non slip grip). Then they will not mar surfaces and it will provide a more stable tripod.

    Thurmond
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    That seems really heavy duty for a camera phone mount.... I imagine you are planning to use larger video cameras with it also...?
    As a man thinketh, so shall he be.

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    Yeah I will have to dip it in that stuff. Im pretty sure I have that at work in a cabinet. Also well it was just a quick solution because it would be faster for me to make something simple like that then wait for someone to find a tripod at work. I actually dont plan on using it for other video cameras and will probably just throw it out or take it for myself after my internship is over. It was made with scraps so it was free to make and onlytook a 1/2hr so its no big deal.
    Brandon Raineri
    The Pennsylvania State University
    Studying Industrial Engineering

    Everlast PowerPro 205
    Everlast I-Mig 200
    SpeedGlas 9100x
    Milwaukee 14" Dry Cut Saw
    Craftsman 6"x48" Belt Sander with 9" Disc Sander

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    Its not completely dry yet but here ya go with the plastidip:

    Brandon Raineri
    The Pennsylvania State University
    Studying Industrial Engineering

    Everlast PowerPro 205
    Everlast I-Mig 200
    SpeedGlas 9100x
    Milwaukee 14" Dry Cut Saw
    Craftsman 6"x48" Belt Sander with 9" Disc Sander

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    Simple yet very neat nice work!!
    Completed Midwest Technical Institute 40 week welding/pipefitting school!!
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    Dude, I love that chocolate mint gum. It doesn't seem like ice cream would make a good chewing gum flavor but I'll never go back to traditional chewing gum!!!

    Nice work on the tripod too.
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    Looks like it is somewhere near "Miller Blue". Great work. Now cut another piece of metal to replace the top mount in the shape commonly used to hold a tig torch

    http://www.htpweld.com/products/acce...ml#torchholder

    and you should have a new type of tig torch holder.

    Thurmond
    Miller Bobcat 3 Phase,
    Miller Suitcase X-Treme 12VS wire feeder for the Bobcat with M-25 300A .045" gun / Bernard 400A 5/64" wire mig gun .
    26 series gas cooled TIG torch, setup for quick connect to Bobcat.
    17 series gas cooled Tig Torch for Low Amp Solar Tig (Direct Solar Panel Powered Tig welding)
    Hobart Handler 187 Mig / Fluxcore
    EVERLAST PowerUltra 205P
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