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DIY Light 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 Light Stand Tut Posted
On Jun 24, 1:29 pm, 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! Well I did much the same thing, but instead of the pipe for the base, I used piece of 3/4 inch ply for the base. I used a flange to give the pipe something to screw into. My lights had clamps on them so I just clamped them. I am not sure though that I fully understand how you got the adjustment sections to work. |
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DIY Light Stand Tut Posted
Mark wrote:
On Jun 24, 1:29 pm, 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! Well I did much the same thing, but instead of the pipe for the base, I used piece of 3/4 inch ply for the base. I used a flange to give the pipe something to screw into. My lights had clamps on them so I just clamped them. I am not sure though that I fully understand how you got the adjustment sections to work. These pictures shows Ed Baumgarten (the author) drilling and tapping the hole to put the height adjustment lock knob into, which is made from the bell coupling: http://www.diyphotogear.com/images/cstand7.jpg http://www.diyphotogear.com/images/cstand9.jpg The images are on page 3: http://www.diyphotogear.com/cstand1-3.html It looks pretty clear in this image on page 4 http://www.diyphotogear.com/images/cstand16.jpg that the smaller, upper tube slides up and down through the bell adapter and the eyebolt is standing in for a store-bought locking knob. It's from here :http://www.diyphotogear.com/cstand1-4.html I presume that the same thing has been done for the top-most section of pipe for it to slide up and down in the upper bell adapter, and is in turn locked by it's own knob or set-screw. I guess that if you wanted to, you could make the column out of more adjustable sections, as long as you could find bell adapters that a smaller sized piped could slide through; it might take a bit of trial and error to find the correct parts. |
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