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I've been working on a lighting and camera boom for the workshop (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago by DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

There's some pretty good gas spring monitor arms, I use a few at my desk. The one I use for a fairly heavy 27inch monitor might fit your use case but they can get pricey. https://www.ergotron.com/en-us/products/product-details/45-241#?color=polished%20aluminum&attachment%20option=2-Piece%20Clamp

The springs I used here might be a bit weak for a monitor, I think the long ones are four pounders. But I don't know much about springs and I just got ones that looked right from Lowes :)

As far as tips from this build, being able to change configurations and adjust positions did a lot to shore up the gap between what I wanted to do and how little I knew about any of this. Also, I'd probably do a 90 degree bend at the middle link.