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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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[–] thecitywelivein@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

For the upper arm, will it eventually use all four springs or do you alternate the pair based on the direction you want it to lean?

[–] DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know this is way later and doesn't really matter, but I really liked your idea and thought about it for a while.

I ended up coming up with this spring "quick caps" for quickly moving, rearranging, or de-tensioning them for maintenance and it has really improved how the whole boom operates.

Anyway, thanks for the idea!

[–] thecitywelivein@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Those quick releases look great. Simple solutions are sometimes the hardest thing to come up with.

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