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.
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?
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!
Those quick releases look great. Simple solutions are sometimes the hardest thing to come up with.
This thing is awesome!! It can go anywhere! See anything! This is so cool, and I love also how when you use it you won’t have tripods getting in your way. Oh!!! And you can pan it!!
I greased the captured post that it spins around and I’ve only almost hit myself with it a couple times.
Are you planning on motorizing it or just setting it manually?
Just manual, it only needs to be moved into position and remain there for my purposes.
But I have been tinkering with a camera slide made from almost all 3d printed parts that will be motorized (when I get around to it lol)
I’ve always wanted to make something like a Glados model on a moving extension, with a built in mic+speaker+camera. :-)
