I hate tripods.
The design is based on a balanced arm lamp I have in my office. This prototype is at a point where I'm going to use it for a while before making adjustments to the model, but it's doing great for a proof of concept.
this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2023
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Originally I was using all four, but after working with it a bit and changing the springs orientations I found it worked well with just the one set. I've left the other two in case I change my mind :)
Now you've got me thinking of some sort of quick release system for switching these in case I do want the lean direction to change..... That would be super useful.