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Reader Project: A Homemade Steadicam Rig

By Chuck Cage

Check out TM’s resident prototyper Joel Miller’s sweet homemade Steadicam rig. As he points out in the photo pool, there are lots of plans available for this kind of project floating around the internet, but I’d certainly bet his floating joint (pictured above) will outperform most of ‘em.

Nice job!

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 15th, 2007 at 9:45 am and is filed under Flickr Pool. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “Reader Project: A Homemade Steadicam Rig”

Mark Says:
September 15th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
How about a link to it?
Gary Norman Says:
September 16th, 2007 at 6:13 am
Yes, please, a link would be nice, after looking in the Flickr pool and finding it not. Thanks, Gary
Buck Says:
September 16th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Here’s a link to the above pic:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmillerid/1341813948/in/pool-toolmonger/

and here’s the rest of his pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmillerid/sets/72157600305407565/
Hello Moto Says:
September 16th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Here is the profile of the guy who is making it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmillerid/
coza4 diary » Blog Archive » カメラ安定装置の「軸」を自作 Says:
September 7th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
[...] Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Reader Project: A Homemade Steadicam Rig prototype – a set on Flickr かなり本気の自作。ジンバルを押さえるパイプと、体に装着するアームのベアリング位置に注目。 [...]

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