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DIY C-Stand Tut Posted
http://www.diyphotogear.com
Our first DIY Photo Gear project has been posted at the above address. It's a DIY C-Stand (heavy light stand). This stand is super heavy duty, unlike the pvc stands seen elsewhere. It's constructed with parts found at virtually any home center or plumbing supply house with only basic tools and experience needed. Total dollars spent at our local home center in the midwest was only $30.00 !!! Check it out when you have a minute and we've many more projects to post in the coming weeks so check back often! |
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DIY C-Stand Tut Posted
According to baument :
http://www.diyphotogear.com Our first DIY Photo Gear project has been posted at the above address. It's a DIY C-Stand (heavy light stand). This stand is super heavy duty, unlike the pvc stands seen elsewhere. It's constructed with parts found at virtually any home center or plumbing supply house with only basic tools and experience needed. Total dollars spent at our local home center in the midwest was only $30.00 !!! Check it out when you have a minute and we've many more projects to post in the coming weeks so check back often! An excellent site, and one which I intend to bookmark. A few minor comments however: 1) The drilling of the pipe caps -- I would flip the lock-joint pliers other side up to be a more reliable grip of the pipe caps. 2) Holding the tap in the vise grips is more likely to break it. Better if you have a proper tap wrench, which applies the force in a balanced manner. 3) Since I have a lathe and a milling machine, I would probably make a base hub which would have all three legs coming out at the same level --just for appearance' sake. 4) Going back to another project, the zapshot modification: Instead of using soap, a better substance to help slide the strain relief onto the wire is K-Y jelly. (Yes, you normally don't think of it for such uses, but it is excellent for the purpose.) I am glad to have the partial pinout of the Nikon connector (and would like to know what the other pins do). As a result, I have printed this out prior to getting a D-200. (I've got an old Nikon N90s which was converted to digital by Kodak which has such a connector, but Kodak is using it to connect the digital base to the film camera, so it is not directly accessible for my use on that one. :-) I presume that you got the partial pinout by tracing the functions of the Adidt, rather than from some listing of data from Nikon. Thanks much, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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DIY C-Stand Tut Posted
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:20:25 -0700, baument wrote:
http://www.diyphotogear.com Our first DIY Photo Gear project has been posted at the above address. It's a DIY C-Stand (heavy light stand). This stand is super heavy duty, unlike the pvc stands seen elsewhere. It's constructed with parts found at virtually any home center or plumbing supply house with only basic tools and experience needed. Total dollars spent at our local home center in the midwest was only $30.00 !!! Check it out when you have a minute and we've many more projects to post in the coming weeks so check back often! Great tutorial... thanks! -- Slack |
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DIY C-Stand Tut Posted
According to David Dyer-Bennet :
(DoN. Nichols) wrote in : 3) Since I have a lathe and a milling machine, I would probably make a base hub which would have all three legs coming out at the same level --just for appearance' sake. I agree it would look better. However, this kind of offset legs, in addition to being easier to do in the pipe, is also typical of commercial C-stands (the legs rotate for storage). O.K. That I did not know. But they warn about being sure that the pipe threads are *tight* to avoid it folding on you with a load on the top. An alternative might be to keep the threads loose, but drill a hole through both layers and thread in a screw when the leg is in the proper position to lock it, and allow unscrewing the screw to allow it to be folded. (Perhaps even add an alternate screw hole for the "folded" position. But, of course, the great thing about DIY projects is that you are free to modify them to suit available materials and personal preference. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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