This is golden. I've watch so many video on DIY stabilizers and a lot of them were good but I had a budget of $0. This works because I'm lucky enough to have over 1000 pieces of technic lego sitting in a closet. Plus this is the only diy stabilizer with vertical stabilization that I can find. Thanks so much for posting this
One of the few TH-camrs who doesnt show off their crazy equipment and help everyone to achieve selfmade equipment. You really deserve more subscribers. Nice Job
made this last night for my iphone 6s, through trial and error and over 10 hours and 1.200 leg pieces, i made it happen and its absolutely amazing, thumbs up to you and thanks so much!!!!!
could you make a video of how you made the wooden DSLR stabilizer ,I think many people are curious and want to build it themselves as it looks muck more professional and stable .thank you.
Hi Melvin Thomas, I can't reply to your comment, but I made the piece of music being played in the background in the garage band app on an iPad, it doesn't have a name. All the best PT
Hi Ken Tran, TH-cam won't let me reply to your comment. The short answer is yes, you can make a body holder (that goes over the shoulders) that will hold a DSLR, this is exactly what steadycam does, it wouldn't work in Lego though, but in wood or aluminium extrusion. I have a few plans to make one of these in the new year. PT
Hey, this is the best idea i've seen to make a diy steadycam. Build it out of legos is cheap (free) and easy. Thank you for this video. I try now to build an own one. Sorry for my bad english.
Hi, have you ever visited Rio de Janeiro??????? Because the stairs in 1:13 it's almos like the ones ate CCBB (a multiple arts museum). I don't know if it's there, but it's almost exactly the same
very dedicated and skilled to create such a thing. but seriously the amount of time, research and effort you have put into this, dont you think a 20 quid gopro steadicam from ebay would have been a better solution...
Hi Sam, when I started building this stabilizer I searched around and the cheapest one I could find was about 60 quid, which I felt was too expensive for what they were. Also none of them had the Vertical movement dampener, so I thought I could make one that was better than what I could currently buy. That was the challenge anyway! So I built one and then in use realised it would be even better with a phone or iPad attached with the GoPro app, so that I can see what I'm filming. In hindsight I think you're probably right, it would have been far quicker to buy one off ebay as you suggest, but I had fun making it and I learnt a lot in the process, it cost me very little apart from my time and I think it is far more functional than what you can currently buy for 20 quid, but if I had to do it all again and it wasn't about the journey, more just about getting straight out there and filming with my GoPro, then if they work, a cheap one off ebay is the way forward! 😄 PT
Sam D'Cruz the only problem is that there are so many of those on ebay....we are rolling the dice, but i guess we are rolling the dice all the time for the cheap ones anyway.
its nice to know we could make it from anything around us, but my question could you tell me anything that can i use for change 3L joint?? because it's rare to find in my place + i don't credit card to shopping on eBay... btw thanks before for tutorial!
78 down votes? wha!!??? JEALOUS MUCH?? You are brillIant & your videos are amazing! Your collapsible-barrel blew me away! I can't wait to try and build this stabilizer- thank you for sharing!! more videos please!!!
Do you have step by step tutorials on how to makes these things? as I am not craftily skilled like you. I am still blown away how you makes these things! Like if you did sell some these I would buy them. Keep up the work!!
Hi Pierre, it's really difficult to do a step by step tutorial for this design, because it's just down to what lego you have. For this reason, I tried to show the principles. I've tried making this in various ways and they all work as long as you balance it properly. As you don't need any tools, all I can suggest is that you have a go and learn as you go along. As mdjpinto says below, if you don't manage to make it work for free, you can always buy one for 60 dollars. PT
Juliano Zachias I have been working this out for someone who requested a parts list, so have posted a list in the description of this video. If you buy the parts in the list (if you don't already have them), it should now be fairly easy for anyone to build. PT
Hey man, I love your videos, some have really helped me do my A Level design work. I really want to become a product designer in the future. Thanks a lot!
Hi Pivot, sorry for the late reply, my broadband has had issues. The first stabilizer is similar to many DIY versions on TH-cam, the only real difference is that I've used old camera film pots filled with coins to balance it. I can do a tutorial, but you'll need a pillar drill and what you'll end up with will be really heavy to use for more than 10 minutes, which is why I ended up building one for my GoPro. Hope this helps;-)
producttank i believe pillar drill is the same thing as a drill-press here in the states and more people then you would think have them in there homes or know some one who would have access to them. ps the real steady cam is not light at all and your arms do get tired.
nice work mate. really crafty and creative with those legos yea. keep up the good work. now you really should carry this with ya saying "Trust me, I'm an engineer."
hey great video and I love the simplicity of your wooden steady cam. I had a question about what you used to get the smooth motion of your 2 squares around that block near the handle?
Hi. 1. Roughly how many hours did it take you to finalize the Lego and/or the Cardboard design? How about how long would it take someone do you think it would take someone to build something similar? 2. How durable is the Lego 3L joint? 3. How easy it is to disassemble/pack/reassemble (for instance taking in you bag to a a local 30 mins away)? Thanks
Hi Lonerider, once you have the principles and enough Lego, it takes about 2 hours to make. For someone to build something similar allow 3-4 because we all have different Lego. As long as you're only supporting a GoPro or similar, the 3L joint is fine, mine hasn't broken yet. It's easy to disassemble, but you have to be careful transporting it. It's far more durable if you glue the Lego together or wrap it in tape, which you have to do for strength anyway. Because the camera and Lego is really light, it's not good in windy conditions. If you have the tools etc, making something similar in wood is better, but not everyone has access to a workshop. Hope this helps. PT
Thanks for the info. I do agree that the factory-made stabilizer seem pricey for what they actually are. However, in my mind there are the two saying "nothing is truly free" and "Linux is only free if your own personal time has no value." In that line of thinking, if I spend the 4 hours it would take me to build a Lego-stabilizer instead to work a half-shift for $15/hour... I would be able to buy a factory-made stabilizer that is guaranteed to work, more durable and easier to store. So then it sort of becomes a question of whether this is actually "cheaper" for me personally. This totally looks like a great hobby project for someone who is mechanically minded.
Your videos are excellent and very interesting, I'll be as curious about how it is possible to manufacture the wooden camera stabilizer by myself. Congratulations for all this very good job !
Hi Louis, it's made from scraps of wood and bearings from inline states that you can buy cheaply from Amazon. I was going to make a tutorial, but there are lots about. Lots of people have commented that you can now buy camera stabilisers so cheaply that with the time and materials, it's just not worth making your own. I really enjoyed making mine, but have to admit if you are more about the filming than the building, buying one is the way to go. PT
Hi frankie e, I haven't tried making one for a Panasonic Lumix, but I think my current crane would fit one if I adapted the front camera mounting area. I'd just have to add more weight to the back and either make the aluminium tubes stronger or not extend them as far. PT
Can I have the instruction or some photos of the stabilizer for go pro lego? Wow it's the best idea that I have ever see! Sorry if I don't write in a good way but I'm italian😅
I've gotten the X-axis rotation slowed down a bit, but the Z-axis rotation is still super fast. Any thoughts? My balancing frame is 14 holes wide, and instead of a trapezoid shape it is a rectangular shape. Cheers!
Hey, great concept. I tried to rebuild it from this video, but struggled at putting the 3L joint in the right position... How did you manage to keep the blanace? In my build the camera always swings down rapidly and there is no sign of balance at all... :( I'm confused and I can't really tell what you there did from this video, so I hope you can help me maybe. Cheers!
Hi Enduroswag, start by putting the 3L joint under the camera in its centre, then moving it backwards to the rear of the camera. If the camera swings down too rapidly, you have too much weight or not enough beneath the camera in the arms, so taking everything off until you have the bare minimum frame. Now add weight gradually testing as you go. You will feel if the camera is the heavy element or the arms are the heavy element by the swing. If it pulls to the left, add a little weight to the right etc. Don't forget, you can add weight up the arms closer to the 3L joint, not just at the base. I also built a leg sticking out of the base that helps. Let me know how you get on. PT
producttank Alright thank you. I got it balanced with adding some bricks to the frame. The tensioning system was pretty under pressure when i added the rubber bands, so i had to build in some struts to make sure it's not breaking while filming. But i guess i finally put it all together now and it's working. :) There are some issues when i'm running or it's windy, but i guess you can't complain if you build yourself a steadicam for actually 0$ ;) Thank you for sharing that awesome design, i really appreciate it! :D
Hi Colin, you can use what ever pieces of Lego you have, that's one of the things I was trying to get across, as long as you get the balance right it doesn't matter what pieces you use. PT
nearly broke my camera when the stabilizer broke in my hand but its lego and its meant to come apart so it did, the main problem is with the 1st handle connecting to the second one (small one to the big one)its just studs holding it so it broke great design exept for that!
Could I ask you how heavy this stabilizer is without the gopro? I'm looking in building one for an R/C airplane, which is very weight sensitive. Thanks
Hi Ibabeanu, I have just put the system on the scales, it weighs 307grams/10.8oz. The problem for your application is because my system is so light, it's very prone to wind movement. Which is fine for me as I'm on the ground, but may not be so good in the clouds! Just using the tensioning system may take out a lot of vibration, reduce weight and provide the answer, you'll just have to experiment. If you have the money, a brushless electric gimbal system would be ideal, but they are expensive. Good luck. PT
Hi Steff, it is easily possible to replicate the technic universal joint using a few extra pieces of lego, or make a lego gimbal similar to the one used in the wooden stabilizer I built at the start of the video, but neither of these will be as compact, I have also seen other types of universal joint in lego, but haven't been able to find what they're called. PT
+producttank If you can make a sketch of the design for us, I can make a 3d model and print it and give out the 3d STL files. I am more interested in your Z axis shock absorbing design.
+DIY Hack, I make all the music myself, so this is just something I put together using the garage band app on ipad. I have put a load of my songs here: www.producttank.bandcamp.com/album/behind-the-scenes-at-the-robot-factory
Hi Alex, I'm very pleased that you had a go and made one and it works well for you, which was the whole point of making this video. Thanks for letting me know. PT
No... Just no... Though there is a stabilizer, it's software based. Software based stabilizers are practically useless since it can only stabilize minute shaking caused by your hands, not by your movement, which his stabilizer does. Software stabilizers also cause somewhat deformation and crop of your image since it needs to compensate for the movement. Even if the stabilizer is hardware based, by having a stabilizer holding the sensor, it wont help that much. The kind of stabilizer he's making is what's called a steadicam, which not only cancels out small vibrations from your hands, but also cancels out larger movement like the ones caused from footsteps. So no... You're unfortunately incorrect.
+Tamás Molnár Not really Tamas Molnar. A gimbal refers to a pivot support systems and allow a device (like a camera) to move about a single axis. More can be added so you have 2 or 3 axis motion. Both a mechanical device (like a steadycam) and an electronic device (like the Feiyu G4 gimbal) use gimbal technology. The mechanical device relies on inertia and a pendulum to maintain a relatively stable position, whereas an electronic device uses brushless motors and IMUs with algorithms to maintain a very stable position. The universal joint on the drive shaft of a car could be considered an example of a gimbal as well. Since the term "gimbal" describes what their product does companies like Feiyu have just taken the word and made it synonymous with their product.
creativity + LEGO = wonderful things ;))
This is golden. I've watch so many video on DIY stabilizers and a lot of them were good but I had a budget of $0. This works because I'm lucky enough to have over 1000 pieces of technic lego sitting in a closet. Plus this is the only diy stabilizer with vertical stabilization that I can find. Thanks so much for posting this
One of the few TH-camrs who doesnt show off their crazy equipment and help everyone to achieve selfmade equipment. You really deserve more subscribers. Nice Job
made this last night for my iphone 6s, through trial and error and over 10 hours and 1.200 leg pieces, i made it happen and its absolutely amazing, thumbs up to you and thanks so much!!!!!
Hi 12fromthegram, this is awesome, glad you found the video and had a go with the Lego. Have fun filming. PT
could you make a video of how you made the wooden DSLR stabilizer ,I think many people are curious and want to build it themselves as it looks muck more professional and stable .thank you.
Cheap & awesome DIY! I bear in mind, it's not the rig that matters, it's the output of the shot. This is a great help.
buy a chicken. put your camera in its head. lol
lol
ROFL
+teeburshow You`d have to mind control or tame the chicken to make it look at what you want it to look at :D
Evren Uçar
they work the same... look for the video
teeburshow A chicken looks where it want its not a gimbal :P
Hi Melvin Thomas, I can't reply to your comment, but I made the piece of music being played in the background in the garage band app on an iPad, it doesn't have a name. All the best PT
I bet he want a a free download, hint hint
+producttank woooow the most amazing video whit LEGO really!!! you get new subscriber!
Hi Ken Tran, TH-cam won't let me reply to your comment. The short answer is yes, you can make a body holder (that goes over the shoulders) that will hold a DSLR, this is exactly what steadycam does, it wouldn't work in Lego though, but in wood or aluminium extrusion. I have a few plans to make one of these in the new year. PT
can you make a tutorial for the wooden stabilizer please
dah banyak video steadicam DIY aku tgk.. ni paling awesome!!
I have a crush on your way of thinking
Hey, this is the best idea i've seen to make a diy steadycam. Build it out of legos is cheap (free) and easy. Thank you for this video. I try now to build an own one.
Sorry for my bad english.
Hi, have you ever visited Rio de Janeiro??????? Because the stairs in 1:13 it's almos like the ones ate CCBB (a multiple arts museum). I don't know if it's there, but it's almost exactly the same
I don't own a gopro or even a camera for that matter but i love this kind of videos, and what you have done here is amazing! keep on the good work :D
this is one of the coolest things i have ever seen i am totally going to try to make one
very dedicated and skilled to create such a thing. but seriously the amount of time, research and effort you have put into this, dont you think a 20 quid gopro steadicam from ebay would have been a better solution...
Hi Sam, when I started building this stabilizer I searched around and the cheapest one I could find was about 60 quid, which I felt was too expensive for what they were. Also none of them had the Vertical movement dampener, so I thought I could make one that was better than what I could currently buy. That was the challenge anyway! So I built one and then in use realised it would be even better with a phone or iPad attached with the GoPro app, so that I can see what I'm filming. In hindsight I think you're probably right, it would have been far quicker to buy one off ebay as you suggest, but I had fun making it and I learnt a lot in the process, it cost me very little apart from my time and I think it is far more functional than what you can currently buy for 20 quid, but if I had to do it all again and it wasn't about the journey, more just about getting straight out there and filming with my GoPro, then if they work, a cheap one off ebay is the way forward! 😄 PT
Sam D'Cruz the only problem is that there are so many of those on ebay....we are rolling the dice, but i guess we are rolling the dice all the time for the cheap ones anyway.
Inquisitve m yeah I bought one from ebay for my DSLR, it sits nicely in my closet. Never got it to stabilize anything whatsoever.
the tensioner at 03:00 does this contraption have a proper name? I want to build something like this but more compact.
+ta2dwez, I don't know if this has its own name or not, you can find other similar examples by looking at the steadycam double arm system. PT
its nice to know we could make it from anything around us, but my question
could you tell me anything that can i use for change 3L joint?? because it's rare to find in my place + i don't credit card to shopping on eBay...
btw thanks before for tutorial!
I really like the first one you showed.what is the name of the music played on the background.
78 down votes? wha!!??? JEALOUS MUCH?? You are brillIant & your videos are amazing! Your collapsible-barrel blew me away! I can't wait to try and build this stabilizer- thank you for sharing!! more videos please!!!
Do you have step by step tutorials on how to makes these things? as I am not craftily skilled like you. I am still blown away how you makes these things! Like if you did sell some these I would buy them. Keep up the work!!
Hi Pierre, it's really difficult to do a step by step tutorial for this design, because it's just down to what lego you have. For this reason, I tried to show the principles. I've tried making this in various ways and they all work as long as you balance it properly. As you don't need any tools, all I can suggest is that you have a go and learn as you go along. As mdjpinto says below, if you don't manage to make it work for free, you can always buy one for 60 dollars. PT
Juliano Zachias I have been working this out for someone who requested a parts list, so have posted a list in the description of this video. If you buy the parts in the list (if you don't already have them), it should now be fairly easy for anyone to build. PT
This stabilizer is the best one i've seen to date, THANKS!!
This is awesome, dude!
Hey man, I love your videos, some have really helped me do my A Level design work. I really want to become a product designer in the future. Thanks a lot!
Thanks Charlie D. PT
Wow, it looks like it was recorded from a drone! Very well done!
Thumbs up for this idea! Well done
I love how the first stabilizer is no big deal. Could we possibly get a tutorial on that? (:
Hi Pivot, sorry for the late reply, my broadband has had issues. The first stabilizer is similar to many DIY versions on TH-cam, the only real difference is that I've used old camera film pots filled with coins to balance it. I can do a tutorial, but you'll need a pillar drill and what you'll end up with will be really heavy to use for more than 10 minutes, which is why I ended up building one for my GoPro. Hope this helps;-)
producttank I personally would still love to see it
producttank could you make a tutorial for the first stabilizer that can be seen in the video?
producttank i believe pillar drill is the same thing as a drill-press here in the states and more people then you would think have them in there homes or know some one who would have access to them. ps the real steady cam is not light at all and your arms do get tired.
nice work mate. really crafty and creative with those legos yea. keep up the good work. now you really should carry this with ya saying "Trust me, I'm an engineer."
Nice job
this is amazing! I love how you used Lego, its very creative!
Would it be possible for you to do a tutorial on the quadpod you've shown in previous videos?
Hi Jamie, I will try and put a tutorial together for you and a few others who have asked this weekend. PT
Done
hey great video and I love the simplicity of your wooden steady cam. I had a question about what you used to get the smooth motion of your 2 squares around that block near the handle?
Hey Chance, I use roller blade bearings you can get packs of ten from Amazon really cheaply and they are super smooth. PT
+producttank Thanks I'll try them out.
Really cool :) Now i`m going to search my old Lego
Excellent video and design, really nice!
really cool, think different for the people!
Hey Product Tank, thanks for this! Pretty ingenious!
You are a genius. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Amazing work! Very impressive results.
Dude, you are awesome! Perhaps making a smartphone prototype? Out of plywood or something! Keep it up!
Hi Angel, I'm on it. Next design will probably be a potatoe peeler or a table, can't decide yet. PT
Cool, if you want my opinion do the potato peeler, I think it would be cooler though you have some amazing designs that dont cease to amaze me.
I made one similar like this(see in my channel). But how I can make it to swing slower in forward/ backward axis, but left/right axis is already slow.
Hi.
1. Roughly how many hours did it take you to finalize the Lego and/or the Cardboard design? How about how long would it take someone do you think it would take someone to build something similar?
2. How durable is the Lego 3L joint?
3. How easy it is to disassemble/pack/reassemble (for instance taking in you bag to a a local 30 mins away)?
Thanks
Hi Lonerider, once you have the principles and enough Lego, it takes about 2 hours to make. For someone to build something similar allow 3-4 because we all have different Lego. As long as you're only supporting a GoPro or similar, the 3L joint is fine, mine hasn't broken yet. It's easy to disassemble, but you have to be careful transporting it. It's far more durable if you glue the Lego together or wrap it in tape, which you have to do for strength anyway. Because the camera and Lego is really light, it's not good in windy conditions. If you have the tools etc, making something similar in wood is better, but not everyone has access to a workshop. Hope this helps. PT
Thanks for the info. I do agree that the factory-made stabilizer seem pricey for what they actually are. However, in my mind there are the two saying "nothing is truly free" and "Linux is only free if your own personal time has no value." In that line of thinking, if I spend the 4 hours it would take me to build a Lego-stabilizer instead to work a half-shift for $15/hour... I would be able to buy a factory-made stabilizer that is guaranteed to work, more durable and easier to store. So then it sort of becomes a question of whether this is actually "cheaper" for me personally. This totally looks like a great hobby project for someone who is mechanically minded.
Love your videos. Amazing creativity and skills!
Great Video! U r so creative.
Your videos are excellent and very interesting, I'll be as curious about how it is possible to manufacture the wooden camera stabilizer by myself.
Congratulations for all this very good job !
I don't have Lego anymore, but K'nex works great as well.
I've been around for quite a while and found myself back here. I would like to know how you made the first example.
Hi Louis, it's made from scraps of wood and bearings from inline states that you can buy cheaply from Amazon. I was going to make a tutorial, but there are lots about. Lots of people have commented that you can now buy camera stabilisers so cheaply that with the time and materials, it's just not worth making your own. I really enjoyed making mine, but have to admit if you are more about the filming than the building, buying one is the way to go. PT
Ayyyy!
I love your channel so much, I've been thinking of taking up industrial design as a course.
I love seeing how active you still are!
producttank ww
I'm so making my own!! Good project :D
Do you have a video explaining the former stabilizer (heavier one).
Could you make a tutorial for the stabiliser shown in the last clip of the video?
Excellent work
Can you apply that tensioning system for DSLR? I mean, can you make a body-holder so you don't need to hold it by hand?
That is called a steadicam.
I like how you said "for free!"
Have you tried making one for a DSLR or a mirrorless camera like the Panasonic Lumix series? Thanks
Hi frankie e, I haven't tried making one for a Panasonic Lumix, but I think my current crane would fit one if I adapted the front camera mounting area. I'd just have to add more weight to the back and either make the aluminium tubes stronger or not extend them as far. PT
Can I have the instruction or some photos of the stabilizer for go pro lego?
Wow it's the best idea that I have ever see!
Sorry if I don't write in a good way but I'm italian😅
I've gotten the X-axis rotation slowed down a bit, but the Z-axis rotation is still super fast. Any thoughts? My balancing frame is 14 holes wide, and instead of a trapezoid shape it is a rectangular shape. Cheers!
Great Tutorial, love you wee dog
how you made the wood one for the Cannon camera? thanks
Hey, great concept. I tried to rebuild it from this video, but struggled at putting the 3L joint in the right position...
How did you manage to keep the blanace? In my build the camera always swings down rapidly and there is no sign of balance at all... :(
I'm confused and I can't really tell what you there did from this video, so I hope you can help me maybe.
Cheers!
Hi Enduroswag, start by putting the 3L joint under the camera in its centre, then moving it backwards to the rear of the camera. If the camera swings down too rapidly, you have too much weight or not enough beneath the camera in the arms, so taking everything off until you have the bare minimum frame. Now add weight gradually testing as you go. You will feel if the camera is the heavy element or the arms are the heavy element by the swing. If it pulls to the left, add a little weight to the right etc. Don't forget, you can add weight up the arms closer to the 3L joint, not just at the base. I also built a leg sticking out of the base that helps. Let me know how you get on. PT
producttank Alright thank you. I got it balanced with adding some bricks to the frame.
The tensioning system was pretty under pressure when i added the rubber bands, so i had to build in some struts to make sure it's not breaking while filming. But i guess i finally put it all together now and it's working. :)
There are some issues when i'm running or it's windy, but i guess you can't complain if you build yourself a steadicam for actually 0$ ;)
Thank you for sharing that awesome design, i really appreciate it! :D
producttank It would be VERY nice if you could make a build-tutorial - you inspired me to do so many things with this gyroscope :D !!
Awesome! Can u explain me wich are the factor for make a stabilizer? Congrats from Argentina!
Hi, the most important factor is balancing the set up so that it returns slowly to its upright position when swung. Pt
So much thanks for answer my ask, its so important for me. I will try it. Saludos! Un abrazo
for this is it alright if we use different lego pieces?
Hi Colin, you can use what ever pieces of Lego you have, that's one of the things I was trying to get across, as long as you get the balance right it doesn't matter what pieces you use. PT
Wow! That's really cool! But could you sent a video how to make it?
Nice idea! and very helpful.... thanks for the video.
Wow, this is awesome:)
Can I put a DC such as a Panasonic LX100 on this stabalizer?
Could you please leave the names of the pieces of lego
Love the cardboard version!
can you make a how to make video from this
Wow thats great, keep up the good work :)
Thanks rikesh30, more stuff on its way :)
Hey, from what sets did you gente the legos from?
Mainly from a really old car set that I'd had for years, I've put a parts list in the description. PT
nearly broke my camera when the stabilizer broke in my hand but its lego and its meant to come apart so it did, the main problem is with the 1st handle connecting to the second one (small one to the big one)its just studs holding it so it broke great design exept for that!
Could I ask you how heavy this stabilizer is without the gopro? I'm looking in building one for an R/C airplane, which is very weight sensitive.
Thanks
Hi Ibabeanu, I have just put the system on the scales, it weighs 307grams/10.8oz. The problem for your application is because my system is so light, it's very prone to wind movement. Which is fine for me as I'm on the ground, but may not be so good in the clouds! Just using the tensioning system may take out a lot of vibration, reduce weight and provide the answer, you'll just have to experiment. If you have the money, a brushless electric gimbal system would be ideal, but they are expensive. Good luck. PT
Is it possible to build it without the technic universal joint 3L?
Hi Steff, it is easily possible to replicate the technic universal joint using a few extra pieces of lego, or make a lego gimbal similar to the one used in the wooden stabilizer I built at the start of the video, but neither of these will be as compact, I have also seen other types of universal joint in lego, but haven't been able to find what they're called. PT
Can u make a video and show us how to make it ?
please make video how you custumize it .. please you are genius
I want to buy yours, the video one, is that possible? :)
Hi Albert, glad you like the stabiliser. I only have one and not enough Lego to make another, so unfortunately it's not for sale. PT
+producttank If you can make a sketch of the design for us, I can make a 3d model and print it and give out the 3d STL files. I am more interested in your Z axis shock absorbing design.
Wow, this is super awesome!
Have to create another one!
Challenge accepted! :)
this is very cool
can you make a video how to bult it
Is there a tutorial on how to build it
This is great!
Dude this is very useful thx!
This man is amazing
Inquisitive m I have gathered the Lego parts over the years.
what is the background music
+DIY Hack, I make all the music myself, so this is just something I put together using the garage band app on ipad. I have put a load of my songs here: www.producttank.bandcamp.com/album/behind-the-scenes-at-the-robot-factory
+producttank ok,thanks.
how can you make it?
Hi Point, i would to make my own take tool to shoot my video, but i don't know how to make it, please Pt help me.
Wow..awesome..very cerative...but im not so creative..can you please make a step by step instruction ?? Sorry for that german school english D:
How much lego parts it costs?
I built the Lego stabilizer and it works great.
Hi Alex, I'm very pleased that you had a go and made one and it works well for you, which was the whole point of making this video. Thanks for letting me know. PT
No problem
Alex Mendoza using producttank idea? congrats! where did you get your lego parts? on ebay?
very impressive
This guy would be great in 2021
Great project, but if you use the sony action cam. You dont need that stabilizer... it is in the software
No... Just no... Though there is a stabilizer, it's software based. Software based stabilizers are practically useless since it can only stabilize minute shaking caused by your hands, not by your movement, which his stabilizer does. Software stabilizers also cause somewhat deformation and crop of your image since it needs to compensate for the movement. Even if the stabilizer is hardware based, by having a stabilizer holding the sensor, it wont help that much.
The kind of stabilizer he's making is what's called a steadicam, which not only cancels out small vibrations from your hands, but also cancels out larger movement like the ones caused from footsteps.
So no... You're unfortunately incorrect.
very cool
You are genius!
a real genius !!
how to make this??
Tutorial ?
That's amazing
I just bought a Feiyu G4 Gimbal that seems better for my go pro it just works.
PKTV I have tried that but won't work well on-board a sports bike.
PKTV A gimbal is not a steadicam. Two completely different principles.
+Tamás Molnár Not really Tamas Molnar. A gimbal refers to a pivot support systems and allow a device (like a camera) to move about a single axis. More can be added so you have 2 or 3 axis motion. Both a mechanical device (like a steadycam) and an electronic device (like the Feiyu G4 gimbal) use gimbal technology. The mechanical device relies on inertia and a pendulum to maintain a relatively stable position, whereas an electronic device uses brushless motors and IMUs with algorithms to maintain a very stable position. The universal joint on the drive shaft of a car could be considered an example of a gimbal as well. Since the term "gimbal" describes what their product does companies like Feiyu have just taken the word and made it synonymous with their product.
how to make it?