Articulated Camera Arm on Wheels (no more Tripod!) (Plans available)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2020
- If you're a Maker or have ever tried to film a DIY project you're probably familiar with this problem: Tripods suck.
I was finally fed up with tripods constantly getting in the way of my work, not being able to set up shots the way I want and also having them fall over and risking damage to expensive cameras way too often. So I built a custom camera setup to solve all those problems. With this arm, the camera can be easily moved into almost any position within about a 1-metre radius in front of its base, and the base takes up less floor space than an average tripod while providing a lot more security against tipping over due to the heavy, low base keeping it glued to the ground. It also allows for much more flexible shooting, because you can set up film perspectives like overhead shots, very low shots, filming around/over obstacles and even some moving shots with ease.
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"if it's stupid and it works then it's not stupid"
Amen
yes we caught this
This must be the most overkill dslr tripod ever! Great design, build, editing and story telling. Keep up the great work.
Sounds like he wants it to work *good.*
what about this one ? :P th-cam.com/video/V9e9ZWflCQU/w-d-xo.html
I do not know what I am more impressed with. The engineering, the craftmanship or the photography. Excellent work!
This channel is so underrated it is criminal
I NEED THIS
Can confirm, you need this
Giaco I think we ALL need this!! HAHAH
Ditto!
You’re a great builder @giaco hope you build it I also need these is a great solution
Me too, and not just “cameras/phones/tablets”
That moment when your tripod is expensive than your Camera.
I actually think the raw materials excluding your own labor costs would add up to not even $80 total...aluminum/steel square and round stock pipes are really cheap as is raw steel plate and simple aluminum plate stock. I think the castor wheel are the most expensive rolling in at $15-18 each. Just google simple aluminum steel stock pipes and you'll see...You could make this entire build without any welder...Just bolted together...and that would be it. The more you know...
@@Lalaland.001 I think he was talking about the commercial solutions that Phil decided to forego.
I think you accidentally a word
Appreciate the efforts taken by you. You have both skill and will to do something for your own self. Your interest in teaching others the process is a blessing to others. Thanks.
That's sick! I've seen plenty of people just end up making versions that clamp to different places but that round tripod stand that wont fall is great!
I definitely enjoy the voiceover commentary. It provides great perspective of what you were thinking during the build... especially with the more technical aspects.
Really nice stand. I'm so happy you didn't weld the casters on.
Haha, I admit I've done that before out of lazyness. But on this floor casters don't last long, so...
Great workmanship both on project and shooting/editing. Thanks for your time to do this.
A really impressive design, I really liked the modification of the base, in fact it is now much more stable and secure. I enjoyed watching the video, very well done. A cordial greeting from Spain.
Dude this is so well crafted & though out. Quality is top notch.
I just love your monotone commantary and the enthusiasm for over engineering
You are an amazing engineer. I know the idea isn't new here, but your design and implementation is very nice. Just discovered you channel today-- I'm you newest subscriber. Thanks for taking the time to share your creations with is.
Love the humour (and great fabrication techniques), This Old Tony would be proud ;-)
Great work. All those techniques you use that some people might say are "wasteful" or "dangerous" or "incorrect" (like the chuck in chuck setup) are outside-the-box thinking and I support it. They are your tools, use them however you want to make whatever you want. If someone tries to knock you for "improper" use, they are just jealous of your good ideas.
Wow the mechanics of this are great! Thanks for sharing the process.
I love the plans and the over-engineering. Keep it up!
What an amazing project! Impeccably done, thank you for sharing!!
This is brilliant to see, I have been trying to develop something like this for a while and this has given me inspiration to carry on. Thank you
man this was amazing. congrats :D
With such approach your channel deserves much more subscribers!
This thing is awesome! I though about the lamp mechanism as well and didn't really find something sturdy enough. And you just made it!
18:20 hey man... at least you fully acknowledge your own over engineering endeavors!! Great build man!
I'm not gonna stop either, the next one will be even worse 😅
Excellent build and design.
Great job.
you are right, i can't argue with the results, but the chuck in the chuck had my cheeks clenched the entire time.
Dude, this was very impressive. You are a genius.
This is so incredibly inspiring! It looks like it would be a dream to use.
Brilliant build!
BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL AND GREAT PROJECT, THOUSAND FRIENDS CONGRATULATIONS
Very well done. I love the design. I appreciate seeing the process and details which worked or did not work. I also have iterations in my designs. I do not regret over designing something, but I often regret under designing.
I do not think the collar and cables are overkill. They allow better adjustment than if you welded on pieces of round bar. Good idea for the 3 wheels so they always have contact if the floor is not even.
The cable adjusters would be called turnbuckles in the US. Another good idea to allow adjustment if the cable stretches over time.
Dave.
This is amazing engineering. I loved watching steel being worked to produce some very interesting designs. These, at the end, integrated to produce what is a very capable but complicated camera support. Some improvising was also necessary. However, this support is attractive and does the job (but it is a large tripod by any other name). It would be interesting to find out how much this tool interferes with your work. My final comment "Well done".
Great build thanks
I just love the idea of using cable stays to brace the upright. That's inspired!
That is an awesome stand, thank you so much for sharing :)
By the way, one of the best vibration dampening tricks for hollow tube is to fill it with sand. You may need to compensate for the weight of the sand by adding another base plate but that thing would be absolutely solid.
really nice work - love to watch it
I really like the tripod great work! Only thing I see that I would add is to make another split ring to mount the battery. All your work is so neat and secure I think that would make an excellent addition. Thanks for your content.
I'm so going to mount this to my creeper to hold a flashlight under the truck...
Very nice work!
Thank you for sharing us !👍
Wow man that was awesome. Great work
People are so nice in your comment section!
Also really enjoy your videos :)
my dad would've hated this video... he's a mechanical engineer with 35 years experience, the fact you drilled 4x the number of holes than you actually needed in those aluminum tubes and the fact you machined 100% more parts than needed and didn't use standardized bought parts (saves on man-hour cost) would drive him mad ... i can hear him saying "that thing has been designed by a welder" (translated from my mother language)
Well I don't see any damn-mechanical engineers teaching me how to make cool stuff so unless you make a better video I will consider you a worthless troll
Creative and funny I loved your videos and your unique personality man keep it up
thats awesome. i really enjoyed this. AND you offer the plans! sweeet
Very nice, I like it. Can reach far enough but still balanced without falling.
Awesome! You're not the only one overengineering things, but at least you have excellent solutions!
Absolutely excellent job! 👍 👍
Genius personified.
The "Why? Because i can!" Man is here
Great vids man, keep up the good work, you are quite entertaining!
Brilliant!!! (Phil, i haven't seen you do anything 'stupid'.) Thanks for taking us along. 👍😊👍
Great Job! Thanks for sharing!
very nice solution, i've resorted to using a rode microphone arm very similar to your lamps. also above my desk and other area in the office i have 40mm pipe runing in the ceiling and i use lighting gantry clamps to hold lights/mics etc. I love the portability of yours. great job thanks
Amazing design 🤩
Nice job!
Super Nice , now i know, download and order.
Good job!
top tier humor, amazing video
Well done!
Very nice!
Brilliant idea 💡
Methodical genius.
Unnecessary complication is a common engineering tendency. Nice work.
Epic tripod and great job
Thank you for both the video and the inspiration; all of this is RTMI.
5:25 a chuck in a chick lmao. I’m a machinist and I have done it too. End a endmill in the tailstock. Know it is wrong but you do what you got to do. Mine was a 6 jaw in 3 jaw. Need more bite and adjustment in a plastic part. Thank you for the video and taking me along on the build
Actually I could see myself doing this even if I had the backplate... simply because it's so much faster than changing the whole chuck 😅
@@PhilVandelay Re: A chuck in a chuck
Tom Lipton frequently uses such a setup in his videos and I don't think anyone would accuse him of being anything less than a master machinist. He's been turning handles making spaceships and nuclear reactors since before most of us were born!
@@PhilVandelay I have recently upsized (I've always wanted a bigger spindle bore than I had, now I've finally got one I can get my arm into, up to the shoulder) but it's a struggle, when working alone, to get my 310mm 3 jaw off the floor and onto the sled I've built for sliding it along the bed and onto the spindle nose. So I tend to leave it on and chuck a smaller chuck in it for 4 or 6 jaw work, or for small stuff where the big chuck jaws are too cumbersome. I do have to be careful though - on two occasions now a chuck has shifted on me. It would not be fun to have even a 250mm chuck chasing me round the shop....
Great work 👍👍🤝
Genius !!! you can definitely make bunch of this and sell it world wide
Suuuuper! Hab' gerade Dein Cargo Bike nachgebaut. Scheint nun nicht langweilig zu werden :-) weiter so!
Great channel. Keep going. Subscribed
nice work! Subscribed!
Nice video. Awesome fabrication. Mahalo for sharing! : )
this is awesome. I was thinking about a similar rig that I can mount on my ceiling because I dont have space for a tripod in my shed.
I love it!
I love it.. 👍
Important and useful information
I loved your channel. Something engineering 🙂
thank you so much
Nice project! I will copy your design :D thank you for sharing!
Impressive!
Awesome!!!
Before watching and subscribing, I was on same path with an old desk top lamp in hand to make an adjustable arm to film lathe & milling,,,This is an awesome and practical solutions to video shooting at any location.. Thx, and excellent camera footage and machining tips,,Bear in TX,,,PS Its 2am,,but had to watch to the end,,(@@)!
Your idea is a great one and think highly of it. One thing that is super simple that can improve tripod stability some (note, some) is hag a weight from it's center. Not as good as this but much easier and quicker. What I would call a field fix, not a permanent solution like this.
Damn. I love it
awesome!
I love it
I would love to see some cinematic shots made with that arm.
Very cool build. I wonder why your channel hasn't shown up in my suggested videos before now. Glad it did. Subscribed!
By the way, Have you seen Robin Renzettis (robrenz) carbon fiber tube and steel ball camera arm. Pretty cool, and super light weight.
The TH-cam Algorythm doesn't like me much recently, so I almost don't show up in suggested videos at all. Glad you found it anyway!
@@arnljotseem8794 Yeah I came across that when doing some research. Beautiful design, I'm not sure how much weight it could support though without the joints slipping (he uses a fairly light camera). DSLR setups get heavy quick when you don't use the cheap plastic lenses. As you saw in the video it's easy to underestimate that ;)
@@PhilVandelay Yeah, the bleeding algorithms. They are controlling our lives soon. Just wait for real AI to kick in..... we're doomed
With your excellent stabilized camera platform please make more videos. Cheers!
so cool
I hate those cheap aluminium tripods too, but there is serious tripods too like gitzo, i love those.
Great design Phil! Should make shot setup way faster!
great i will try to do it soon
it's so COOL!!!!
good job
Brilliant solution! You should patent this idea and sell them!
Super boulot 👍👍
made me subscribe :D
You can also use it for a nice light stand